Marianne Timmer



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



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[hide]  *1 Personal life  ==Personal life[edit] == She is married to ex-goalkeeper Henk Timmer. She was previously married to her former coach Peter Mueller. ==Speed skating career[edit] == 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.
 * 2 Speed skating career
 * 3 Records
 * 3.1 Personal records
 * 3.2 World records
 * 4 Tournament summary
 * 5 External links

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[edit] == ===Personal records[edit] === ===World records[edit] === ==Tournament summary[edit] ==