Annamarie Thomas

Annamarie Thomas

Personal information
Born	15 September 1971 Emmeloord, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2006
Medal record Women's speed skating Competitor for the  Netherlands World Championships 1996 Hamar 1000 m 1996 Hamar 1500 m 1995 Savalen Allround European Championships 1995 Heerenveen Allround 1996 Heerenveen Allround 1999 Heerenveen Allround

Annamarie Thomas (15 September 1971) is a former Dutch speed skater.

Biography

Thomas was an allround speed skater, but favored the shorter distances. The years 1995 and 1996 found her at her peak: in both those years she was Dutch allround champion as well as Dutch sprint champion and came in second at the European Allround Championships behind Gunda Niemann. She was third in the 1995 World Allround Championships in Savalen and in 1996 won both the 1000 and 1500 m in the inaugural World Single Distance Championships in Hamar.

On 20 March 1999 in the Olympic Oval in Calgary, she broke the world record in 1500 m. by 1.5 seconds, skating in 1.55.50. That weekend she also broke the world record for the combined times for the 500, 1000, 1500 and 3000 m in one tournament (the "mini combination") and reached 4th place in the adelskalender.

In the summer of 2006 she was a participant in the first season of the celebreality show Sterren Dansen Op Het IJs, the Dutch version of Skating with Celebrities, where she ended up in fourth place.

She retired from competitive skating in November 2006.

Records

Personal records

Personal records[1]
Women's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	38.97	26 January 2002	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1000 m	1:15.20	17 February 2002	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m	1:55.50	20 March 2000	Olympic Oval, Calgary	World record until beaten by Anni Friesinger on 4 March 2001[2]
3000 m	4:11.45	6 February 1999	Vikingskipet, Hamar
5000 m	7:16.97	7 February 1999	Vikingskipet, Hamar

World records

Distance	Time	Date	Location	Note
Small combination	163.901	23 March 1996	Olympic Oval, Calgary
1500 m	1:55.50	20 March 1999	Olympic Oval, Calgary	[2]
Small combination	158.183	21 March 1999	Olympic Oval, Calgary

Medals

Championship
Dutch Single Distance Championships	4	5	6
Dutch Sprint Championships	2	3	1
Dutch Allround Championships	3	1	2
European Allround Championships	0	2	1
World Single Distance Championships	2	0	0
World Allround Championships	0	0	1

References

1. "Annamarie Thomas". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
2. "Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 9 March 2015.

External links

• Official site
• Palmares