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Maria Aaltje ("Marianne") Timmer (born 3 October 1974) is a Dutch former speed skater specializing in the middle distances (1000 and 1500 m). At the 1998 Winter Olympics Timmer won a gold medal in both these events.

Marianne Timmer

Marianne Timmer
Personal information
Born	(1974-10-03) 3 October 1974 (age 48) Sappemeer, Netherlands
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	63 kg (139 lb) [1]
Spouse(s)	Peter Mueller (divorced) Henk Timmer (separated)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Women's speed skating Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 1998 Nagano 1000 m 1998 Nagano 1500 m 2006 Turin 1000 m World Championships 1997 Warsaw 1000 m 1999 Heerenveen 1000 m 2004 Nagano Sprint 2000 Nagano 1000 m 2004 Seoul 1000 m 2000 Seoul Sprint 1997 Warsaw 1500 m 1999 Heerenveen 500 m 2005 Inzell 1000 m

Speed skating career

In 1999 she won the 1000 m in the World Single Distance Championships and in 2004 became world champion in the sprint. In 2006, she won the 1000 m at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. This made her the first skater from the Netherlands to win a gold medal at two different Winter Games.

Timmer broke through at the Junior World Championship in 1994, winning bronze. She began to specialize in the shorter distances.

Nagano 1998

Timmer won gold in the 1000 and 1500 meter races during the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, beating Chris Witty in the 1000m and Gunda Niemann in the 1500m.

Salt Lake City 2002

At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Timmer finished 8th in the 500m, fourth in the 1000m, and 21st in the 1500m.

World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, Nagano 2004

On 18 January 2004, Timmer became the first Dutch woman to win a World Sprint Speed Skating Championship. Though she did not win any individual distances (she got three third and one fourth place), the was the most consistent athlete and won the overall championship.

Turin 2006

At the Dutch championships, Timmer qualified for the 500m and 1000m events at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She was disqualified after a false start in the 500m race, but a week later she surprisingly won gold in the 1000m, beating out favorites Cindy Klassen and Anni Friesinger by a very slim margin. This result qualified her for the 1500m, where she finished 14th.

2008/2009 season

In January 2008, Timmer announced she wished to extend her contract with sponsor DSB Bank, until the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver,[2] and at the end of February 2008 the contract was signed.[3]

2009/2010 season

On 13 November 2009, Timmer broke her heel[4] on the 500m, during a World Cup event in Thialf.[5] She failed to qualify for the Winter Games in Vancouver^{[citation needed]}

2010/2011 season

At the 2011 Dutch Single Distance Championships in Thialf, Timmer got the third-fastest time on the first 500m, but ran into Marrit Leenstra on the second 500m, and fell. The next day, on the 1000m, she did not get farther than tenth place. Because of her first 500m result, she did qualify for the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup.^{[citation needed]}

She published a biography in 2010, written by Telegraaf journalist Frank Woestenburg.^{[citation needed]}

She withdrew from the Dutch Sprint Championship on 27 December 2010 after a disappointing 500m on the first day.^{[citation needed]} In May 2010 Timmer, Annette Gerritsen, and Margot Boer left the Control team to start their own team, sponsored by Liga, a company manufacturing biscuits and crackers. She stopped skating on 28 December 2010, though she said she would remain involved with Team Liga.[6] Her official goodbye took place during the Tijdens het 2011 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, on 22 January 2011. On that occasion she was named an honorary member of the KNSB.[7]

Records

Personal records

Personal records[8]
Women's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	37.86	17 November 2007	Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m	1:14.45	17 February 2002	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m	1:57.58	16 February 1998	M-Wave, Nagano	World record until beaten by Anni Friesinger on 29 March 1998.[9]
3000 m	4:15.76	21 October 2001	Olympic Oval, Calgary
5000 m	7:53.32	17 March 1994	Thialf, Heerenveen

World records

Distance	Time	Date	Location
1500 m	1:57.58	16 February 1998	M-Wave, Nagano	[9]
Small allround	163.315	16 March 1997	Olympic Oval, Calgary

Tournament summary

Year	Dutch Distance	Dutch Allround	Dutch Sprint	Olympics	World Cup	World Distance	World Sprint	World Juniors
1993							27th
1994	1000 m 10th 1500 m 11th 3000 m				26th 500 m 26th 1000 m 39th 1500 m		23rd
1995	14th 1500 m		NS4		27th 500 m 41st 1000 m 28th 1500 m
1996	500 m 1000 m 1500 m 4th 3000 m 8th 5000 m	6th	6th		52nd 1000 m 44th 1500 m 32nd 3k/5k
1997					8th 500 m 4th 1000 m 6th 1500 m	4th 500 m 1000 m 1500 m	6th
1998	500 m 1000 m 1500 m			6th 500 m 1000 m 1500 m	16th 500 m 7th 1000 m 9th 1500 m	14th 500 m 8th 1000 m NF 1500 m	8th
1999	500 m 1000 m 4th 1500 m 7th 3000 m				10th 500 m 7th 1000 m 10th 1500 m	500 m 1000 m	4th
2000	500 m 1000 m 8th 1500 m	7th			11th 500 m 8th 1000 m 18th 1500 m 30th 3k/5k	10th 500 m 1000 m
2001	500 m 1000 m 7th 1500 m				20th 500 m 11th 1000 m 29th 1500 m	9th 500 m 8th 1000 m	6th
2002	500 m 1000 m 1500 m			8th 500 m 4th 1000 m 21st 1500 m	17th 500 m 9th 1000 m 14th 1500 m		10th
2003	500 m 1000 m 15th 1500 m				10th 500 m 4th 1000 m 20th 1500 m	9th 500 m 4th 1000 m	8th
2004	500 m 1000 m 1500 m				500 m 1000 m 6th 1500 m	5th 500 m 1000 m 9th 1500 m
2005	500 m 1000 m 1500 m				7th 500 m 1000 m 15th 1500 m	10th 500 m 1000 m	11th
2006	500 m 1000 m 14th 1500 m			DQ 500 m 1000 m 14th 1500 m	13th 500 m 6th 1000 m		4th
2007	500 m 1000 m				16th 100 m 14th 500 m 4th 1000 m		NS3
2008	500 m 6th 1000 m				15th 100 m 6th 500 m 8th 1000 m	6th 500 m	5th
2009	4th 500 m 9th 1000 m				24th 100 m 15th 500 m 27th 1000 m	11th 500 m
2010	500 m 1000 m				31st 500 m 24th 1000 m
2011	fell 500 m 10th 1000 m		NS2

Personal life

Timmer was born in Sappemeer. She was previously married to her former coach Peter Mueller. They were married in Las Vegas in 2001, after which he added her to Spaar Select, his skating team, against the wishes of the other skaters, in what a reviewer of his autobiography called a "dominating and intimidating" way. Timmer and Mueller broke up in 2003, and Mueller avenged himself on Timmer in his autobiography.[10] She is married to ex-goalkeeper Henk Timmer.[11] After a fifteen-year relationship and seven years of marriage, the couple split up in 2019.[12]

References

External links

• Marianne Timmer at SkateResults.com
• Photos of Marianne Timmer
• Olympic Medal Winners
• Profile page of Marianne Timmer on Teamliga.nl
• Marianne Timmer at Olympics.com
• Marianne Timmer at Olympic.org (archived)
• Marianne Timmer at NOC*NSF (in Dutch) (English translation)

Awards
Preceded by Tonny de Jong	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Leontien van Moorsel
Preceded by Ids Postma Gretha Smit Renate Groenewold	Ard Schenk Award 1998 2004 2006	Succeeded by Rintje Ritsma Renate Groenewold Ireen Wüst

На других языках

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- [en] Marianne Timmer

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[it] Marianne Timmer

Maria Aaltje "Marianne" Timmer (3 ottobre 1974) è un'ex pattinatrice di velocità su ghiaccio olandese.

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[ru] Тиммер, Марианне

Мария Алтье (Марианне) Тиммер (нидерл. Maria Aaltje ("Marianne") Timmer, род. 3 октября 1974 года, Саппемер, Нидерланды) — голландская конькобежка, трёхкратная олимпийская чемпионка, трёхкратная чемпионка мира, многократная чемпионка Нидерландов на 500 и 1000 метров, а также в спринтерском многоборье.

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