Mark Ooijevaar (born 9 November 1983) is a Dutch speed skater who is specialised in the longer distances, 5000 and 10,000 metres.

Mark Ooijevaar
Personal information
Born (1983-11-09) November 9, 1983 (age 41)
Hoorn, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2007 Turin 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Turin 10000 m

Ooijevaar finished 9th at the 10,000 metres of the 2004 Dutch Single Distance Championships in his first senior season. Two years later he reached the 10th position at the 5,000 metres and improved his 10,000 metres result to a 7th place spot. He won the Dutch Allround Championships for students in 2006 and was named in the Dutch national team to represent the country at the 2007 Winter Universiade held in Turin on both the 5000 and 10,000 metres distances.

At the 5000 metres in Turin he accomplished a time of 6:32.71 which turned out to be the fastest race of the day and which was good for a gold medal. Favourite Ivan Skobrev finished in second position on a 2.26 seconds gap, while Andrey Burlyaev won the bronze. Ooijevaar also won the gold medal at the 10000 metres in Turin with a time of 13:28.42.[1]

Statistics

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World Competitions

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Distance (meters) Rank Time Event Place Country Season
5000 1 6:49.77 World Cup Baselga Di Pine Italy 2008
10000 1 13:12.60 World Cup Hamar Norway 2008
10000 5 13:31.34 World Single Distances Championships Nagano Japan 2008
10000 1 13:19.26 World Cup Heerenveen Netherlands 2009
10000 9 13:25.22 World Cup Moscow Russian Federation 2009

Dutch Single Distance Championships

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Distance (meters) Time Date Place Country Season
5000 6:31.50 October 31 Heerenveen Netherlands 2008
10000 13:30.84 November 2 Heerenveen Netherlands 2008
5000 6:32.65 October 26 Heerenveen Netherlands 2007
10000 13:46.84 October 28 Heerenveen Netherlands 2007

Dutch Allround Championships

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Distance (meters) Time Date Place Country Season
5000 6:35.18 March 6 Heerenveen Netherlands 2010
10000 13:37.73 March 7 Heerenveen Netherlands 2010
5000 6:47.19 December 29 Groningen Netherlands 2007
  1. ^ a b c "Mark Ooijevaar". Speed Skating Results. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. ^ "SCG Results - landing page". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
  3. ^ "Speed Skating - Mark Ooijevaar (Netherlands)".