Hein OTTERSPEER

Netherlands
Speed Skating
11 Nov 1988
33
Male
1.92/6'3''
GOUDA
 
Netherlands
HEERENVEEN
 
Netherlands

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SSK Speed Skating Men's 1000m 10

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
National Speed Skating Oval
Men's 1000m
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

European Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2Men's Sprint2021Heerenveen, NED
8Men's 1000m2018Kolomna, RUS
World Sprint Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2Men's Sprint2015Nur-Sultan, KAZ
3Men's Sprint2013Salt Lake City, UT, USA
7Men's Sprint2012Calgary, AB, CAN
8Men's Sprint2019Heerenveen, NED
World Single Distance Championships
RankEventYearLocation
4Men's 500m2015Heerenveen, NED
5Men's 1000m2015Heerenveen, NED
6Men's 1000m2012Heerenveen, NED
World Cup
SeasonMen's 500mMen's 1000m
2020/2163
2019/202319
2018/193425
2017/1829
2015/1618
2014/15127
2013/143436
2012/13143
2011/122016
2010/111613
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Spending time with his family, going out on the water.

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Athlete

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Post-secondary vocational degree in building services engineering

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Partner, Bettelien van der Ploeg. Son, Sant Jan (born 2015).

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Dutch, English, German

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Team Reggeborgh (NED)

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Gerard van Velde (NED)

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2010 World Cup Heerenveen (500m B-division - second)

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2017: Chronic back injury that affected him until 2020.

January 2017: Groin injury.

2015: Dislocated shoulder after being hit by a car while cycling.

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2010

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"There's a natural ice rink behind my parents' house. (...) Whenever there was natural ice, I've gone there since the time I could walk. My primary school organised races, which is how I got to do that. (...) I've loved the sport since I was about eight: you need to manage many factors to skate well, and require different training approaches. There's speed and how to increase it in the curves. That's what kept me going since I was young." (schaatsen.nl, 2 Sep 2017)

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"I want to go for the highest possible, it's what keeps me going, gives me drive and motivation. The Olympics attract me. And as long as I'm skating, I can make it." (schaatsen.nl, 4 Oct 2021)

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Ids Postma (NED), speed skater. (isu.org, 2022)

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His family. (isu.org, 2022)

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"It's important to enjoy yourself, but you also need something to hold on to. A goal." (schaatsen.nl, 2 Sep 2017)

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Athlete of the Year for Krimpenerwaard (2010)

General Interest

FOURTH ATTEMPT
In 2010, as a junior, Hein Otterspeer skated his first Olympic Trials, placing 14th (out of 16) and 17th (and last) in the 500m and 1000m. Four years later, after his breakthrough, he could not perform, and ranked sixth and a disappointing 12th, not qualifying for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. In his third Trials, he came close, coming fourth in both sprint distances, where a third place was required. He was named alternate for both distances, but did not compete at the 2018 Games in PyeongChang. For 2022, things looked bleak again, as he was disqualified in his first 500m and had a poor curve in the second. But he finally reached his goal, qualifying third in the 1000m, edging out defending Olympic champion and team mate Kjeld Nuis by a mere 0.12 seconds. "It's a boyhood dream for an old man". (nos.nl, 29 Dec 2021)

SKATING FOR DANIEL
He is an ambassador for the Daniel den Hoed Foundation, which supports scientific cancer research, which he supported through the "Skating for Daniel" action, which allowed participants to be sponsored to skate at the Rotterdam ice rink.

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