Simon Kuipers

Simon Kuipers (born 9 August 1982)[1] is a retired Dutch speed skater. He won a 1500 meters World Cup competitions on 3 December 2005. It was his first World Cup victory. He participated in two events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, finishing 23rd in the 500 metres, and 4th in the 1500 metres, less than four-tenths of a second off the podium, as well as being the fastest Dutchman in that event. He officially retired in March 2012.

Simon Kuipers
Kuipers in 2007
Personal information
Born (1982-08-09) 9 August 1982
Haarlem, Netherlands
Websitewww.simonkuipers.nl
Sport
Country Netherlands
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro2001
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2010 VancouverTeam pursuit
World Sprint Championships
Bronze medal – third place2009 MoscowSprint

Personal records

Personal records
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 34.78 17 November 2007 Calgary
1000 m 1:07.39 18 November 2007 Calgary
1500 m 1:42.37 16 November 2007 Calgary [2]
3000 m 3:42.42 14 March 2007 Calgary
5000 m 6:21.57 15 March 2007 Calgary
10000 m 14:56.67 27 January 2002 Groningen

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[3]

Tournament overview


Season
Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances
Dutch
Championships
Sprint
Dutch
Championships
Allround
World
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Single
Distances
Olympic
Games
World
Cup
GWC
World
Championships
Junior
Allround

2000–01
GRONINGEN

11th 500m
15th 3000m
15th 1500m
10th 5000m
10th overall

2001–02
GRONINGEN

18th 500m
ALKMAAR

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
16th 5000m
4th 1500m
10th 10000m
8th overall

2002–03
UTRECHT

11th 500m
9th 1000m
9th 1500m
GRONINGEN

9th 500m
13th 1000m
8th 500m
7th 1000m
8th overall

2003–04
HEERENVEEN

8th 500m
5th 1000m
9th 1500m
UTRECHT

6th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
6th 500m
4th 1000m
4th overall
NAGANO

25th 500m
7th 1000m
23rd 500m
8th 1000m
17th overall

39th 500m
23rd 1000m

2004–05
ASSEN

5th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
GRONINGEN

5th 500m
9th 1000m
5th 500m
7th 1000m
5th overall
INZELL

21st 1500m

27th 500m
11th 1000m
6th 1500m

2005–06
HEERENVEEN

500m
TURIN

23rd 500m
4th 1500m

31st 500m
41st 1000m
6th 1500m

2006–07
ASSEN

18th 500m
4th 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
GRONINGEN

9th 500m
5th 1000m
7th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
6th overall
SALT LAKE CITY

11th 1000m
8th 1500m

19th 1000m
7th 1500m

2007–08
HEERENVEEN

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
HEERENVEEN

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
7th 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m
7th 1000m
4th overall
HEERENVEEN

14th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
4th 500m
6th 1000m
4th overall
NAGANO

15th 500m
7th 1000m
5th 1500m

20th 100m
13th 500m
4th 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m

2008–09
HEERENVEEN

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
4th 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
GRONINGEN

6th 500m
5th 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
9th 1000m
5th overall
MOSCOW

6th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
16th 500m
4th 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall
VANCOUVER

16th 500m
6th 1000m

19th 100m
12th 500m
4th 1000m
11th 1500m
6th Team pursuit

2009–10
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
8th 1500m
GRONINGEN

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m
12th 1000m
DNS 500m
DNS 1000m
NC overall
VANCOUVER

20th 500m
6th 1000m
7th 1500
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Team pursuit

27th 500m
4th 1000m
32nd 1500m

2010–11
HEERENVEEN

DQ 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m
DNS 1000m
DNS 500m
DNS 1000m
NC overall
INZELL

17th 500m
6th 1000m
11th 1500m

21st 500m
4th 1000m
6th 1500m

2011–12
HEERENVEEN

11th 500m
12th 1000m
13th 1500m
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DNF = Did not finish
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • NC = No classification

Medals won

ChampionshipGold
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Silver
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Bronze
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dutch Single Distances
2
4
3
World Sprint
0
0
1
World Cup
0
1
0

References

  1. Simon Kuipers (official website)
  2. Kuipers in toptijd naar WB-zege. Retrieved on 2007-11-16.
  3. "Simon Kuipers". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
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