Marianne Timmer

Marianne Timmer

250px Marianne Timmer
Personal information
Born	(1974-10-03) 3 October 1974 Sappemeer, Netherlands
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Spouse(s)	Peter Mueller (divorced) Henk Timmer
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Women's speed skating Representing the Netherlands Olympic Games 1998 Nagano 1000 m 1998 Nagano 1500 m 2006 Turin 1000 m World Championships 1997 Warsaw 1000 m 1999 Heerenveen 1000 m 2004 Nagano Sprint 2000 Nagano 1000 m 2004 Seoul 1000 m 2000 Seoul Sprint 1997 Warsaw 1500 m 1999 Heerenveen 500 m 2005 Inzell 1000 m

Maria Aaltje ("Marianne") Timmer (born 3 October 1974 in Sappemeer) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands specializing in the middle distances (1000 and 1500 m). At the 1998 Winter Olympics Timmer won a gold medal in both these events.

Personal life

She is married to ex-goalkeeper Henk Timmer. She was previously married to her former coach Peter Mueller.

Speed skating career

In 1999 she won the 1000 m in the World Single Distance Championships and in 2004 became world champion in the sprint. In 2006, she won the 1000 m in the Olympic Games in Turin. This made her the first skater from the Netherlands to win a gold medal at two different Winter Games.

On 13 November 2009, at a World Cup speedskating event in Heerenveen, Netherlands, Timmer sustained breaks in her heel bone when she crashed after Chinese skater Yu Jing fell in front of her during a 500 meter race. Because of the crash, Timmer did not defend her Olympic title in the Vancouver Olympics in February 2010.

Records

Personal records

Personal records
Women's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	37.86	17 November 2007	Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m	1:14.45	17 February 2002	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m	1:57.58	16 February 1998	M-Wave, Nagano	World record until beaten by Anni Friesinger on 29 March 1998.
3000 m	4:15.76	21 October 2001	Olympic Oval, Calgary
5000 m	7:53.32	17 March 1994	Thialf, Heerenveen

World records

Distance	Time	Date	Location
1500 m	1:57.58	16 February 1998	M-Wave, Nagano
Small allround	163.315	16 March 1997	Olympic Oval, Calgary

Tournament summary

Year	Dutch Distance	Dutch Allround	Dutch Sprint	Olympics	World Cup	World Distance	World Sprint	World Juniors
1993							27th
1994	1000 m 10th 1500 m 11th 3000 m				26th 500 m 26th 1000 m 39th 1500 m		23rd
1995	14th 1500 m		NS4		27th 500 m 41st 1000 m 28th 1500 m
1996	500 m 1000 m 1500 m 4th 3000 m 8th 5000 m	6th	6th		52nd 1000 m 44th 1500 m 32nd 3k/5k
1997					8th 500 m 4th 1000 m 6th 1500 m	4th 500 m 1000 m 1500 m	6th
1998	500 m 1000 m 1500 m			6th 500 m 1000 m 1500 m	16th 500 m 7th 1000 m 9th 1500 m	14th 500 m 8th 1000 m NF 1500 m	8th
1999	500 m 1000 m 4th 1500 m 7th 3000 m				10th 500 m 7th 1000 m 10th 1500 m	500 m 1000 m	4th
2000	500 m 1000 m 8th 1500 m	7th			11th 500 m 8th 1000 m 18th 1500 m 30th 3k/5k	10th 500 m 1000 m
2001	500 m 1000 m 7th 1500 m				20th 500 m 11th 1000 m 29th 1500 m	9th 500 m 8th 1000 m	6th
2002	500 m 1000 m 1500 m			8th 500 m 4th 1000 m 21st 1500 m	17th 500 m 9th 1000 m 14th 1500 m		10th
2003	500 m 1000 m 15th 1500 m				10th 500 m 4th 1000 m 20th 1500 m	9th 500 m 4th 1000 m	8th
2004	500 m 1000 m 1500 m				500 m 1000 m 6th 1500 m	5th 500 m 1000 m 9th 1500 m
2005	500 m 1000 m 1500 m				7th 500 m 1000 m 15th 1500 m	10th 500 m 1000 m	11th
2006	500 m 1000 m 14th 1500 m			DQ 500 m 1000 m 14th 1500 m	13th 500 m 6th 1000 m		4th
2007	500 m 1000 m				16th 100 m 14th 500 m 4th 1000 m		NS3
2008	500 m 6th 1000 m				15th 100 m 6th 500 m 8th 1000 m	6th 500 m	5th
2009	4th 500 m 9th 1000 m				24th 100 m 15th 500 m 27th 1000 m	11th 500 m
2010	500 m 1000 m				31st 500 m 24th 1000 m
2011	fell 500 m 10th 1000 m		NS2

External links

• Marianne Timmer at SkateResults.com
• Photos of Marianne Timmer
• Olympic Medal Winners
• Profile page of Marianne Timmer on Teamliga.nl

Awards
Preceded by Tonny de Jong	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Leontien van Moorsel
Preceded by Ids Postma	Ard Schenk Award 1998	Succeeded by Rintje Ritsma
Preceded by Gretha Smit	Ard Schenk Award 2004	Succeeded by Renate Groenewold
Preceded by Renate Groenewold	Ard Schenk Award 2006	Succeeded by Ireen Wüst