Marieke Wijsman

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Marieke Wijsman Speed ​​skating
Marieke Wijsman
Full name Anne Marie Louise Wijsman
nation NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
birthday May 9, 1975
place of birth Leusden ,  Netherlands
size 170 cm
Weight 63 kg
Career
society Hardrijders Club Heerenveen
status resigned
End of career 2006
Placements in the speed skating world cup
 Total toilet 1000 6. ( 1998/99 )
 

Anne Marie Louise "Marieke" Wijsman (born May 9, 1975 in Leusden ) is a former Dutch speed skater . She specialized in the sprint courses (500 m and 1000 m).

Career

Wijsman began speed skating on the Jaap Edenbaan in Amsterdam in the winter of 1988/89 . In 1992 she took part in the Dutch Championships in Groningen , where she finished 17th in the sprint. Two years later she was eighth in the Dutch Allround Junior Championship. In 1995 she contested her first international race in Hamar . At the Dutch individual distance championships in 1995, she won the 1500 m title. After this success she was officially included in the national team, which was trained by Eddy Verheijen . She became the first international female runner to start with folding skates . On January 11, 1997, she won her first World Cup in Group B in Milwaukee . After two more successes in Baselga di Piné and Innsbruck , Wijsman took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano . In the 500 m race she was 24th, over 1000 m she ran 20th. At the speed skating single-distance world championships in Calgary in March 1998 , she finished 13th over 1500 m. In the following season 1998/99 she reached sixth place in the 1500 meter discipline World Cup. In February 2000 she won bronze at the Dutch championships. In January 2001, Wijsman fell badly and suffered a skull fracture. After her recovery, she found it difficult to get back on the national team. After a long training period, she won another bronze medal at the Dutch Championships and came 11th in the Sprint World Championships, qualifying for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City . There she started again over 500 and 1000 m and secured 18th place each time.

On December 29, 2005, Wijsman won fourth place in the 500 meters behind Marianne Timmer , Annette Gerritsen and Sanne van der Star during the Dutch individual distance championships in Heerenveen . Since Wijsman had not previously been nominated, it was still unsure whether she could take part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Together with Van der Star, she had to wait for a decision by the KNSB, the Dutch speed skating association. Ultimately, the KNSB decided - after a skate-off - on Van der Star.

In December 2006, Wijsman announced the end of her career so that she could concentrate on her job as a police officer. In addition, she came out as homosexual .

Successes (selection)

  • Olympic Winter Games 1998: 24th place in the 500-meter speed skating races
  • Olympic Winter Games 1998: 20th place in the 1000-meter speed skating races
  • Olympic Winter Games 2002: 18th place in the 500 meter speed skating races
  • Olympic Winter Games 2002: 18th place in the 1000 meter speed skating races

Personal bests

route time date place
500 m 38.31 sec. February 13, 2002 Salt Lake City
1000 m 1: 16.48 min. February 17, 2002 Salt Lake City
1500 m 2:00:03 min. January 29, 2000 Calgary
3000 m 4: 17.22 min. January 30, 2000 Calgary
5000 m 7: 30.33 min. January 16, 2000 Hamar

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schaatsen: Marieke Wijsman stops. In: volkskrant.nl. December 22, 2006, accessed May 6, 2017 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Homoseksuele sporters distribute hun verhaal in boek. In: volkskrant.nl. November 14, 2008, accessed May 5, 2017 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Wijsman, Marieke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wijsman, Anne Marie Louise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Leusden , Netherlands