Kjeld Nuis

Kjeld Nuis (; born 10 November 1989) is a Dutch speed skater and three-time Olympic gold medalist.

Nuis is a specialist in the middle distances of 1000 and 1500 meters. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, he won the gold medal at the 1500 m and 1000 m events. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, he successfully defended his title on the 1500 m. He is the current holder of the world record over 1500 meters.

Career Nuis is a three-time Olympic champion, having won Olympic gold in both the 1000 and 1500 meters at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He won another gold in the 1500 meters four years later, improving Derek Parra's twenty-year-old Olympic record to 1:43.21 in the process. He is also a two-time world single-distance champion over 1000 and 1500 meters. He is a multi-time world single distance medalist over 1000 and 1500 meters, a four-time season overall World Cup winner of the 1000 meters distance, and a two-time winner over 1500 meters.

On 10 March 2019, he set the world record for the 1500-meter event to 1:40.17 in the Utah Olympic Oval during the finals of the 2018–19 World Cup tour. A day earlier, in the same event, he also improved the 1000 meters world record to 1:06.18, which stood until it was broken by Pavel Kulizhnikov on 15 February 2020.

In Savalen, Norway on 17 March 2022, he set a new world speed skating record of 103 kilometers per hour, beating his previous 4-year-old record by 10 km/h.

At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Nuis won bronze in the 1500 m, becoming the first male speed skater to medal in the 1500 meters at three different Winter Olympics.

Personal life From 2014 until the end of 2018, Nuis was in a relationship with 2011 Jill Lauren de Robles. They have a son.

On 19 December 2018, Nuis was named Dutch Sportsman of the Year 2018 at the NOC NSF Sport Gala.

Nuis has been in a relationship with fellow speed skater and Olympic silver medalist Joy Beune since 2019. The pair live together in Heerenveen.

Records Personal records

World records established Nr.EventResultDateLocationNotes 1. 1000 meter 1:06.18 9 March 2019 Salt Lake City World record until 12 February 2020 2. 1500 meter 1:40.17 10 March 2019 Salt Lake City Current world record

Tournament overview

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World Cup overview Season 500 meter 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 15th 8th – – 14th 18th 2nd(b) – 14th 14th 12th – 2013–2014 20th 17th 18th – – – – – – – – – 2014–2015 2015–2016 13th – – 6th(b) – 3rd(b) – – – 2nd(b) 2016–2017 – 1st(b) DQ – – – – – – – 2017–2018 – – – – – – – 1st(b) – – – 2018–2019 13th – 1st(b) – – – – – – – – 2019–2020 2020–2021 2021–2022 2022–2023 Season 1000 meter 2009–2010 – – – 7th(b) – – 2010–2011 – – – – 1st(b) 5th 2011–2012 DQ 8th 2012–2013 5th 4th 4th 4th 9th 2013–2014 – – 7th 2014–2015 12th 2015–2016 2016–2017 – – 2017–2018 7th 4th – 2018–2019 – 2019–2020 – 5th 2020–2021 2021–2022 – 2022–2023 – 7th – 1st(b) – Season 1500 meter 2009–2010 – – 1st(b) 13th 19th 2010–2011 – – – 9th 1st(b) – 2011–2012 4th 5th 7th 2012–2013 9th 8th – – – 4th 2013–2014 7th – – 6th 10th 2014–2015 8th 5th 6th 2015–2016 4th 5th 2016–2017 1st(b) – 2017–2018 – – – – – 2018–2019 – 5th – 2019–2020 – 2020–2021 2021–2022 6th 7th 11th – 2022–2023 – Season Team sprint 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018–2019 2019–2020 – – 2020–2021 2021–2022 2022–2023 Source: – = Did not participate (b) = Division B DQ = Disqualified NC = No classification

Medals won Championship Gold Silver Bronze Dutch Single Distances 8 5 2 Dutch Sprint 1 3 4 European Sprint 2 1 1 European Single Distances 1 1 0 World Sprint 9 2 3 World Single Distance 4 5 3 Olympic Games 3 0 1 World Cup 36 29 25