Hein Otterspeer

Hendrik "Hein" Otterspeer (born 11 November 1988) is a Dutch speed skater who specialises in the sprint distances.

Career Otterspeer finished second in the 2014 Dutch sprint championships, held at the Olympisch Stadium in Amsterdam. In January 2015, he became the Dutch sprint champion in Groningen. He finished second at the 2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, behind Pavel Kulizhnikov.

From 2011 through 2014, he was a member of Team Beslist; since 2015, Otterspeer has been a member of Team LottoNL-Jumbo.

Personal records

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com

Tournament overview Season Dutch Championships Allround Dutch Championships Single Distances Dutch Championships Sprint World Championships Sprint World Championships Single Distances World Cup GWC European Championships Sprint Olympic Games 2007–08 5th 500m 23rd 5000m 20th 1500m DNQ 10000m NC(22) overall 2008–09 23rd 500m 2009–10 15th 500m 19th 1000m 17th 500m 18th 1000m 16th 500m 20th 1000m 17th overall 2010–11 6th 500m 4th 1000m 13th 1500m 24th 500m 6th 1000m 500m 7th 1000m 20th overall 16th 500m 13th 1000m 2011–12 5th 500m DQ 1000m 500m 1000m 500m 9th 1000m overall 8th 500m 11th 1000m 5th 500m 8th 1000m 7th overall 6th 1000m 20th 500m 23rd 1000m 2012–13 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m 5th 500m 5th 1000m overall 17th 500m 1000m 18th 500m 1000m overall 14th 500m 1000m 2013–14 9th 500m 8th 1000m 4th 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall 34th 500m 36th 1000m 2014–15 5th 500m 4th 1000m 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall 10th 500m 1000m 500m 4th 1000m overall 4th 500m 5th 1000m 12th 500m 7th 1000m 2015–16 5th 500m 5th 1000m 500m 24th 1000m 5th 500m 1000m 21st overall 18th 500m 2016–17 7th 500m 9th 1000m 8th 500m 1000m 7th 500m DNS 1000m NC overall 2017–18 4th 500m 6th 1000m 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall 500m 9th 1000m 2018–19 7th 500m 4th 1000m 6th 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall 7th 500m 6th 1000m 10th 500m 8th 1000m 8th overall 34th 500m 25th 1000m 2019–20 4th 500m DQ 1000m 5th 500m DQ 1000m 500m DNQ 1000m NC overall 23rd 500m 19th 1000m 2020–21 500m 4th 1000m 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall 6th 500m 1000m 500m 1000m 5th 500m 4th 1000m overall 2021–22 500m 1000m 15th 500m 1000m 10th 1000m 2022–23 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m overall 6th 500m 6th 1000m team sprint 19th 500m 1000m 5th 500m 1000m 11th 500m 1000m overall Source:

World Cup overview Season 500 meter 2010–2011 2nd(b) 2nd(b) 11th 10th 18th 19th 15th 14th 16th 8th 12th 16th 2011–2012 – – – – – – 4th(b) 1st(b) 9th 7th 15th 2012–2013 7th 13th 9th 15th 9th 13th 11th 16th 9th 13th 16th 7th 2013–2014 – – – – – – 4th(b) 4th(b) DNF 2nd(b) – – 2014–2015 4th 17th 6th 11th 13th 10th 8th 10th 7th – – – 2015–2016 DNF 16th 19th 26th 5th 8th 14th 10th – – – – 2016–2017 2017–2018 5th 10th – – 8th 13th 2018–2019 – 19th – 4th(b) – – – – 2nd(b) – – 2019–2020 3rd(b) 14th – 7th(b) 2nd(b) 19th – – 2020–2021 7th 10th 18th 2021–2022 12th 8th 14th 15th 7th DQ – – 13th 12th 2022–2023 19th 6th(b) – 1st(b) 4th 1st(b) Season 1000 meter 2010–2011 13th 8th 11th 9th 9th 10th – – 2011–2012 – – – DNF(b) 7th 7th – – 2012–2013 5th 17th 6th 11th 10th 2013–2014 – – – 13th – – 2014–2015 8th 13th 4th – 2015–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 – – 1st(b) – 6th 2018–2019 13th 11th – DQ 2nd(b) – 2019–2020 4th – – – 2020–2021 5th 4th 2021–2022 8th – 2022–2023 6th 8th 4th Source:

GWC = Grand World Cup – = Did not participate DQ = Disqualified (b) = World Cup division B DNF = Did not finish