Mark Tuitert

Mark Jan Hendrik Tuitert (; born 4 April 1980) is a retired Dutch speed skater. He won gold at the 1500 m at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Personal life Tuitert married fellow Dutch speed skater Helen van Goozen in 2009. Ten years before, they both won gold medals at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships.

Speed skating career

2006 Olympic Games in Turin

Tuitert participated in the team pursuit event at the 2006 Winter Olympics, with teammates Sven Kramer, Carl Verheijen, Erben Wennemars and Rintje Ritsma. The Dutch team was a favourite and was leading Italy by nearly a full second in their semifinal matchup, but Sven Kramer stepped on a block and fell, taking Carl Verheijen with him. In the race for bronze they defeated Norway, giving Tuitert his first Olympic medal.

2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia he won the gold medal in the 1500 m. In the 17th pair against Håvard Bøkko he set a new track record time (1:45.57), which had been in the hands of Shani Davis (1:46.19). In the last heat, Davis failed by 0.13 seconds to improve on Tuitert's time and finished second.

Until then, the only other Dutch Olympic gold medal winners in the 1500 meters speed skating were Kees Verkerk at the 1968 Winter Olympics and Ard Schenk at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

2014 Olympic Games in Sochi

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Tuitert finished 10th in the 1000 m and 5th in the 1500 m.

Other

Tuitert highest ranking on the adelskalender. was the 6th position between 30 December 2000 and 2 March 2001.

Life after skating After his speed skating career Tuitert co-founded First Energy Gum, a company which produces caffeinated Energy Gum for athletes. Tuitert is also a pundit in speed skating for Dutch broadcaster NOS and an online fitness coach for FitChannel.com. Further, he has a podcast called "Drive", in which he interviews a large variety of professionals (i.e. athletes, scientists, entrepreneurs) with a drive. In 2021 his book " Drive: train your stoic mindset" was published in the Netherlands (Drive: train je stoicijnse mindset).

Records

World records Together with Carl Verheijen and Erben Wennemars

Personal records To put his personal records in perspective, the column Notes lists the official world records on the dates that Tuitert skated his personal records.

Source: marktuitert.nl

Tuitert has a score of 149.198 points on the Adelskalender

Tournament overview

Source:

World Cup overview

Season500 meter 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 11th 15th DSQ 15th 10th 11th – – 11th 13th 15th 15th 22nd 2009–2010 18th 18th DSQ(b) 10th(b) – – – – 13th 14th – – 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 Season1000 meter 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 28th 10th 7th 7th 6th 16th – 6th 5th 7th 2008–2009 9th 11th 4th 5th – – 10th 17th 16th 2009–2010 4th 4th 5th – 2010–2011 5th 6th – – – – – – 2011–2012 – – 1st(b) – – – – 2012–2013 – – – – – 11th 1st(b) 6th Season1500 meter 2000–2001 6th 7th – – 2001–2002 2002–2003 4th 10th – 10th 6th 2003–2004 2004–2005 8th 6th 2005–2006 DNF 1st(b) 10th DNF – 2006–2007 – – – 2nd(b) 6th 2007–2008 10th 5th 5th 5th 2008–2009 4th 19th 8th 7th 2009–2010 5th 4th 6th 6th – 4th 2010–2011 10th 10th 9th 2011–2012 6th 8th 6th – – 4th 2012–2013 – – – 8th 8th 7th Season5000/10000 meter 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 7th –* 9th – – –* 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 – 1st(b) –* – –* – 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 SeasonTeam Pursuit 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 – – 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 6th – – – 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 Source: NC = No classification DSQ = Disqualified DNF = Did not finish DNQ = Did not qualify = 10000 meter

Medals won

Championship Gold Silver Bronze Dutch Allround 7 4 5 European Allround 3 6 3 World Allround 0 3 0 Dutch Sprint 1 3 5 Dutch Single Distance 0 5 5 World Single Distance 1 2 0 Olympic Games 1 0 2 World Cup 1000m 0 1 4 World Cup 1500m 5 5 7 World Cup Team pursuit 1 0 0 World Cup GWC Classification 2 2 1 World Junior Allround 4 2 2