Marrit Leenstra (speed skater)

Marrit Leenstra

Marrit Leenstra
Personal information
Born	10 May 1989 Wijckel, Netherlands
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Women's speed skating Competitor for  Netherlands Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Team pursuit World Distance Championships 2013 Sochi Team pursuit 2016 Kolomna Team pursuit 2011 Inzell Team pursuit 2015 Heerenveen Team pursuit European Allround Championships 2011 Collalbo Allround

Marrit Leenstra^[1] (born 10 May 1989) is a Dutch long track speed skater.

Skating career

In the 2007 season she made her World Cup debut in Moscow.^[2]

In the 2008 season she skated a junior world record in the 1500 meters at the World Cup in Salt Lake City.^[3] Later this season she qualified for the European Championships and ranked 6th after all four distances. With this result she qualified for the World Allround. At the World Allround Championships in Berlin she placed 12th after four distances. In February 2008, Leenstra was crowned the World Junior Speed Skating Champion in Changchun, China. At the end of the season in March 2008 she improved the junior world records on the 1000^[4] and 1500 meters^[3] and the mini combination.^[5] The latter two are still current junior world records.^[6]

In the 2009 season Marrit Leenstra did not qualify for the European Championships, World Sprint Championships or World Allround Championships, however she did qualify for the World Single Distance Championships in the 1500 metres where she finished tenth.

After a disappointing 2010 season, where she failed to qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics, she had a breakthrough 2011 season. Leenstra won the Dutch Allround Championships and placed third in the European Championships and fourth in the World Allround Championships. Also she placed fourth in the World Single Distances at the 1000 meters, second in the World Single Distances at the team pursuit and second in the World Cup standings for the 1500 meters, including a World Cup win in Salt Lake City.

Personal life

Leenstra is married^[7] to Italian Olympic gold medalist Matteo Anesi.^[8][9][10]

Records

Personal records

Personal records[11]
Women's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	37.98	21 November 2015	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1000 m	1.13.88	27 January 2013	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m	1:53.38	19 February 2011	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m	4:02.74	12 February 2011	Olympic Oval, Calgary
5000 m	7:06.74	13 February 2011	Olympic Oval, Calgary
Sprint allround	150.465	29 January 2012	Olympic Oval, Calgary
Mini allround	156.360	13 March 2008	Olympic Oval, Calgary	Current world record for juniors[12]
Small allround	159.620	13 February 2012	Olympic Oval, Calgary

World records

Event	Time	Date	Venue
1500 m jr.	1:56.47	10 November 2007	Salt Lake City
1500 m jr.	1:55.14	12 March 2008	Calgary
1000 m jr.	1:15.41	13 March 2008	Calgary
Mini combination jr.	156.360	13 March 2008	Calgary

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[12]

Tournament results

Junior

Year	Category	Dutch Allround	Dutch Sprint	World Allround
2004	Juniors C	3rd
2005	Juniors B	5th	7th
2006	Juniors B
2007	Juniors A	4th
2008	Juniors A

After the 2008 season, she continued as a senior speed skater.

Senior

Year	Dutch SD	Dutch Sprint	Dutch Allround	European Allround	World SD	World Sprint	World Allround	World Cup
2007	15th 500 m 9th 1500 m 12th 3000 m		13th ⇒					50th 1500 m
2008	9th 500 m 4th 1000 m 1500 m 10th 3000 m		4th ⇒	6th			12th	19th 1000 m 23rd 1500 m
2009	17th 500 m 5th 1000 m 1500 m 8th 3000 m	4th	5th					28th 1000 m 11th 1500 m
2010	15th 1000 m 10th 1500 m 12th 3000 m	9th	⇒					41st 1500 m
2011	500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m		⇒		4th 1000 m team pursuit		4th	40th 500 m 9th 1000 m 1500 m 33rd 3000/5000 m
2012	1000 m 1500 m 9th 3000 m					8th	13th	1000 m 1500 m
2013	5th 500 m 1000 m 1500 m		–		8th 1000 m team pursuit	11th		24th 500 m 9th 1000 m 1500 m
2014	4th 500 m 1000 m 4th 1500 m							37th 500 m 11th 1000 m 5th 1500 m 12th GWC
2015	1000 m 1500 m				7th 1000 m 5th 1500 m team pursuit			1000 m 1500 m 5th GWC

References

1. "Marrit Leenstra (Personalia)". Retrieved 19 February 2012.
2. "Marrit Leenstra". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
3. "Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Girls". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
4. "Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Girls" Check |url= value (help). SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
5. "Evolution of the world record Mini combination Girls". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
6. "Current world records Girls". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
7. (Italian) Matteo e Marrit: un matrimonio tutto d'oro Corriere delle Alpi, 27 July 2014
8. Leenstra, Marrit (22 April 2011). "Mijn triple is goud waard". Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2014.
9. "Marrit Leenstra heeft wéér pech rond een WK". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
10. Caldenhoven, Mark (13 February 2014). "Marrit Leenstra heeft 'niets met social media'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2014.
11. "Marrit Leenstra". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
12. "Marrit Leenstra". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

External links

• Marrit Leenstra at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• http://www.speedskating-online.com/newsjanuary2008.htm
• http://www.sskating.com/index.php?&season=2007/2008&name=LEENSTRA&fname=Marit&nat=NED&lm=l
• http://www.desg.de/?page_id=813&anzeige=result&eventresultID=39735