Marijke GROENEWOUD

Netherlands

Speed Skating

Date of Birth: 28 Jan 1999

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.69/5'6''

Place of birth: HALLUM

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Residence: HALLUM

Residence Country:

Netherlands

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Speed Skating	Women's 1500m	5
	Women's Mass Start	11
	Women's Team Pursuit NED Netherlands	3

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's 1500m	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's Team Pursuit Quarterfinals	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's Team Pursuit Final B	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's Mass Start Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women's Mass Start	2022	Heerenveen, NED
4	Women's 1500m	2022	Heerenveen, NED

World Single Distance Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's Mass Start Final	2021	Heerenveen, NED
1	Women's Mass Start Semi-Final 2	2021	Heerenveen, NED

World Cup
Season	Women's 1000m	Women's Mass Start
2020/21	28	9
2019/20		29

Hobbies:

Watching autocross with her father, baking cakes.

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

Partner, Mike Dogterom.

Languages spoken:

Dutch, Frisian

Club name:

Team Zaanlander (NED)

Coach:

Team: Jillert Anema (NED)

Sporting relatives:

Partner Mike Dogterom (Cycling): Competes in road cycling at national level.

Other sports:

Marathon skating: Has competed in marathon skating since 2013, first regionally, then nationally. She has won several KNSB Cup races, as well as the 2019/2020 four-day event. Placed second at the 2020 national championships.

Inline speed skating: Has competed international as a junior and senior, winning several European junior titles. In 2018, she took part in the World Championships, with a 28th place in the track elimination as her best result.

Debut:

2019 World Cup Nagano (Mass start - 24th)

Injuries:

2020: Preventative tonsil operation.

August 2017: Glandular fever caused her to miss four months.

National team:

2021

Start:

At age nine in Ferwert (NED). (isu.org, 2021)

Ambition:

To compete in the mass start at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (skatenl.nl, 25 Oct 2021)

Memorable:

"My greatest victory was the mass start world title in Heerenveen 2021, but I also really enjoyed winning the marathon four-days event."

General Interest

'ACCIDENTAL' CHAMPION
At the 2021 World Single Distance Championships, she was supposed to speed up the field in the final laps to allow her compatriot Irene Schouten to win. Due to a miscommunication, Groenewoud started sprinting too early, and Schouten was never able to catch up, leaving Groenewoud to successfully outsprint the field. "The goal was to win and we did. It's a shame about the miscommunication, but we can be proud to have finished first and third." (schaatsen.nl, 13 Feb 2021)

BAKER
Through the 2019/20 season, she worked at a cake bakery, but she decided to focus on skating for the next season. "Amazing work, but impossible for me to combine with being a top athlete." (skatenl.nl, 25 Oct 2021)

GRANDFATHER
She says she is not really from a speed skating family, except for her grandfather: "Aged 18, he skated the 1956 Eleven Cities Tour (a 200km natural ice race in the Netherlands)." (skatenl.nl, 25 Oct 2021)

Milestones

Won bronze in the team pursuit and finished fifth in the 1500m at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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