Paulien van Deutekom

Paulien van Deutekom

Paulien van Deutekom
Personal information
Born	(1981-02-04) 4 February 1981 The Hague, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Turned pro	1998
Retired	2012
Medal record Women's Speed Skating Representing the  Netherlands World Allround Championships 2008 Berlin Allround World Single Distance Championships 2008 Nagano Team pursuit 2008 Nagano 1500 m 2008 Nagano 3000 m 2007 Salt Lake City Team pursuit

Paulien van Deutekom (born 4 February 1981) is a Dutch former champion speed skater who specialised in the middle long distances, over 1000 and 1500 metres.

In November 2005 Van Deutekom surprised when she skated among the best at the Speed Skating World Cup qualification tournament at several distances and as a result qualified herself to participate in those World Cups. During her first ever World Cup meeting in the Olympic Oval in Calgary she skated a new Dutch record over 1500 metres, skating 1:55.43, overtaking the record from Annamarie Thomas. A week later, Ireen Wüst would skate 1:54,93 which meant Van Deutekom had lost her record already.

Later, in December 2005 she participated at the 2005 Dutch Single Distance Championships, which was also the venue for Olympic Qualification. At the 1500 metres distance she finished in second position and qualified for the 2006 Winter Olympics. She also had chances over 1000 metres, however only finished in fourth position and did not directly qualify. A skate-off between her and Barbara de Loor made the decision in De Loor's favour. She also was selected to be part of the pursuit team. At the Olympics itself Van Deutekom finished as 13th over 1500 metres, while the pursuit team was eliminated at an early stage.

On the European Championships Allround in January 2008 she became second after her teammate Ireen Wüst. In February 2008 Van Deutekom won the World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Berlin.

In March 2008 Van Deutekom finished second at the World Single Distance Championships in Nagano on the 1500 meters and the 3000 meters.

In March 2012 Van Deutekom announced after the 1500 meter event at the World Cup in Heerenveen that she was ending her skating career.^[1]

Personal records

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com^[2] & speedskatingbase.eu^[3]

Tournament summary

year	Dutch Distance	Dutch Sprint	Dutch Allround	European Allround	World Allround	World Sprint	World Distance	Olympics	World Cup
1999	15th 3000m
2000	11th 1500m 10th 3000m
2001	-	15th
2002	16th 1000m 16th 1500m 11th 3000m 6th 5000m	16th	NC13
2003	12th 3000m		NC14
2004	14th 1500m 17th 3000m		NC11
2005	13th 500m 8th 1000m 15th 1500m 14th 3000m	12th	NC11
2006	4th 1000m 02 ! 1500m	9th						13th 1500m 6th team pursuit	11th 1000m 6th 1500m
2007	4th 1000m 03 ! 1500m 03 ! 3000m		4th	7th	6th		5th 1500m 6th 3000m 02 ! team pursuit		25th 1000m 6th 1500m 9th 3/5 km 01 ! team pursuit
2008	01 ! 1000m 01 ! 1500m 03 ! 3000m	4th	03 !	02 !	01 !	12th	5th 1000m 02 ! 1500m 02 ! 3000m 8th 5000m 01 ! team pursuit		9th 1000m 4th 1500m 13th 3/5 km 6th team pursuit
2009	7th 500m 01 ! 1000m 01 ! 1500m 02 ! 3000m	5th	03 !	4th	7th				29th 1000m 24th 1500m 22nd 3/5 km
2010	13th 1000m 9th 3000m			12th					35th 1500m 39th 3/5 km 5th team pursuit
2011	-		10th
2012	12th 1000m 15th 1500m 13th 3000m		NC13

Source: www.sskating.com^[4]

References