Margot Madelaine Boer (born 7 August 1985) is a Dutch former speed skater. She specialised in the 500, 1000 and 1500 m.

Margot Boer
Boer in 2009
Personal information
Born (1985-08-07) 7 August 1985 (age 39)
Woubrugge, Netherlands
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro2006
Retired2016
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi 1000 m
World Single Distance Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Vancouver 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Heerenveen 1000 m
World Sprint Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Heerenveen Sprint
Dutch Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Assen 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2011 Heerenveen 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2008 Heerenveen 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Heerenveen 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Heerenveen 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Heerenveen 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Heerenveen 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2012 Heerenveen 500 m
Dutch Sprint Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Groningen Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2011 Heerenveen Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2012 Heerenveen Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2014 Amsterdam Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2010 Heerenveen Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2013 Groningen Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Groningen Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Heerenveen Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Heerenveen Sprint

Sports career

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After spending a few years at local teams in the South Holland area, Boer was seen as one of the Netherlands main future talents and was offered a contract at the KNSB youth development team for the 2006–07 season. In the years before she already participated in several World Cup meetings.

Her first success in her new team was winning a gold medal in the 500 m at the 2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships. She won both races beating all the opponents, including favourites such as Marianne Timmer and Annette Gerritsen.

2010 Winter Olympics

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Boer qualified to participate in all of her specialty distances at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She just missed out on medals in each of them, coming in 4th on both the 500 and 1500 m and 6th on the 1000 m, 0.22, 0.14, and 0.22 seconds from winning a bronze medal, respectively.

2014 Winter Olympics

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On 11 February 2014, Boer won the bronze medal in the women's 500 m longtrack speedskating event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.[1] This is the first medal at the Olympic women's 500 m longtrack speedskating event for the Netherlands.[2] Two days later on 13 February 2014 Boer also won the bronze medal in the women's longtrack 1000 m event, making her the nation's first female skater to win Olympic medals on both sprint distances.

Personal records

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Personal records[3]
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 37.28 15 November 2013 Calgary
1000 m 1:13.77 17 November 2013 Calgary
1500 m 1:57.00 29 December 2013 Heerenveen
3000 m 4:35.70 26 February 2005 Kardinge, Groningen
5000 m 8:12.56 26 February 2006 Kardinge, Groningen

Tournament overview

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Season Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances
Dutch
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Single
Distances
 
Olympic
Games
World
Cup
GWC

2003–04
HEERENVEEN

20th 1000m

2004–05
ASSEN

8th 500m
14th 1000m
GRONINGEN

14th 500m
13th 1000m
15th 500m
17th 1000m
14th overall

35th 500m
20th 1000m

2005–06
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
11th 1000m
ASSEN

4th 500m
  1000m
8th 500m
6th 1000m
6th overall

14th 100m
18th 500m
18th 1000m

2006–07
ASSEN

  500m
5th 1000m
5th 1500m
GRONINGEN

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
HAMAR

9th 500m
8th 1000m
11th 500m
6th 1000m
6th overall
SALT LAKE CITY

10th 2x500m
7th 1000m

19th 100m
8th 500m
12th 1000m
30th 1500m

2007–08
HEERENVEEN

  500m
22nd 1000m
HEERENVEEN

  500m
5th 1000m
  500m
6th 1000m
  overall

30th 500m
13th 1000m
26th 1500m

2008–09
HEERENVEEN

  500m
7th 1000m
17th 1500m
GRONINGEN

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
MOSCOW

8th 500m
  1000m
9th 500m
  1000m
4th overall
VANCOUVER

6th 2x500m
  1000m

21st 100m
  500m
5th 1000m

2009–10
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
GRONINGEN

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
VANCOUVER

4th 500m*2
6th 1000m
4th 1500m

  500m
  1000m
13th 1500m

2010–11
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
7th 1500m
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
HEERENVEEN

  500m
7th 1000m
  500m
18th 1000m
  overall
INZELL

7th 2x500m
6th 1000m

  500m
  1000m
17th 1500m

2011–12
HEERENVEEN

  500m
4th 1000m
4th 1500m
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
CALGARY

4th 500m
4th 1000m
4th 500m
4th 1000m
4th overall
HEERENVEEN

9th 2x500m
  1000m

4th 500m
4th 1000m
16th 1500m

2012–13
HEERENVEEN

  500m
7th 1000m
GRONINGEN

  500m
4th 1000m
  500m
5th 1000m
  overall
SALT LAKE CITY

8th 500m
9th 1000m
11th 500m
7th 1000m
7th overall
SOCHI

16th 2x500m

8th 500m
10th 1000m

2013–14
HEERENVEEN

  500m
4th 1000m
7th 1500m
AMSTERDAM

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
NAGANO

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m

4th overall
SOCHI

  500m*2
  1000m

6th 500m
5th 1000m
11th GWC

2014–15
HEERENVEEN

  500m
8th 1000m
15th 1500m
GRONINGEN

  500m
5th 1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
ASTANA

9th 500m
  1000m
10th 500m
7th 1000m
7th overall
HEERENVEEN

11th 2x500m

8th 500m
19th 1000m
24th GWC

2015–16
HEERENVEEN

  500m
5th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

  500m
5th 1000m
  500m
5th 1000m
  overall
KOLOMNA

11th 2x500m

Source:[4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ James O'Brien (11 February 2014). "Heather Richardson falls short of medal, Lee Sang-hwa wins 500m gold". NBC News.
  2. ^ (in Dutch) Lisette van der Geest; Pieter Sabel (11 February 2014). "Live – Margot Boer wint brons" (in Dutch). Volkskrant.nl.
  3. ^ "Margot Boer". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Margot Boer". SpeedSkatingNews.
  5. ^ "Margot Boer". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Margot Boer". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
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Awards
Preceded by Ard Schenk Award
2009
Succeeded by