Paulien van Deutekom
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| Birth name | Paulien van Deutekom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 February 1981 The Hague, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 January 2019 (aged 37) Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paulien van Deutekom (4 February 1981 – 2 January 2019) was a Dutch champion speed skater who specialised in the middle to long distances, over 1000 and 1500 metres.
Biography[]
In November 2005, Van Deutekom surprised when she skated among the best at the Speed Skating World Cup qualification tournament at several distances and as a result qualified for those World Cups. During her first ever World Cup event in the Olympic Oval in Calgary she skated a new Dutch record over 1500 metres, with a time of 1:55.43, overtaking the previous record by Annamarie Thomas. Her record was broken a week later by Ireen Wüst with a time of 1:54.93.
Later, in December 2005 she participated at the 2005 Dutch Single Distance Championships, which was also the Olympic Qualification tournament. At the 1500 metres distance she finished in second position and qualified for the 2006 Winter Olympics. She also had chances over 1000 metres, however only finished in fourth position and did not directly qualify. A skate-off between her and Barbara de Loor settled the contest for the slot in De Loor's favour. She was selected for the pursuit team. At the Olympics Van Deutekom finished 13th over 1500 metres, while the pursuit team was eliminated at an early stage.
In the European Championships Allround in January 2008 she came second after her teammate Ireen Wüst. In February 2008 Van Deutekom won the World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Berlin. In March 2008 Van Deutekom finished second at the World Single Distance Championships in Nagano in the 1500 metres and the 3000 metres. In March 2012 after the 1500 metre event at the World Cup in Heerenveen, Van Deutekom announced that she was ending her skating career.[1]
Post skating career[]
Following her retirement van Deutekom was a pundit for Dutch broadcaster NOS.[2] Van Deutekom died on 2 January 2019 after being diagnosed with lung cancer six months earlier at the age of 37.[3][4] Van Deutekom is survived by her husband Kay van der Kooi and daughter Lynn, born in 2017.[2][5]
Personal records[]
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| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 500m | 39,40 | 12 January 2008 | Kolomna | |
| 1000m | 1.15,70 | 2 March 2007 | Calgary | |
| 1500m | 1.54,44 | 17 November 2007 | Calgary | |
| 3000m | 3.59,18 | 4 March 2007 | Calgary | |
| 5000m | 7.02,40 | 13 January 2008 | Kolomna | |
| 10000m | 15.43,17 | 23 March 2001 | Heerenveen | |
Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[6] & speedskatingbase.eu[7]
Tournament summary[]
| year | Dutch Distance | Dutch Sprint | Dutch Allround | European Allround | World Allround | World Sprint | World Distance |  Olympics |
World Cup |
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| 1999 | 15th 3000m | ||||||||
| 2000 | 11th 1500m 10th 3000m |
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| 2001 | - | 15th | |||||||
| 2002 | 16th 1000m 16th 1500m 11th 3000m 6th 5000m |
16th | NC13 | ||||||
| 2003 | 12th 3000m | NC14 | |||||||
| 2004 | 14th 1500m 17th 3000m |
NC11 | |||||||
| 2005 | 13th 500m 8th 1000m 15th 1500m 14th 3000m |
12th | NC11 | ||||||
| 2006 | 4th 1000m 1500m |
9th | 13th 1500m 6th team pursuit |
11th 1000m 6th 1500m | |||||
| 2007 | 4th 1000m 1500m 3000m |
4th | 7th | 6th | 5th 1500m 6th 3000m team pursuit |
25th 1000m 6th 1500m 9th 3/5 km  team pursuit
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| 2008 | 1000m 1500m 3000m |
4th | |
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12th | 5th 1000m 1500m 3000m 8th 5000m team pursuit |
9th 1000m 4th 1500m 13th 3/5 km 6th team pursuit | |
| 2009 | 7th 500m 1000m 1500m 3000m |
5th | |
4th | 7th | 29th 1000m 24th 1500m 22nd 3/5 km | |||
| 2010 | 13th 1000m 9th 3000m |
12th | 35th 1500m 39th 3/5 km 5th team pursuit | ||||||
| 2011 | - | 10th | |||||||
| 2012 | 12th 1000m 15th 1500m 13th 3000m |
NC13 |
Source: www.sskating.com[8]
References[]
- ^ "Van Deutekom stopt per direct: Het is gewoon klaar" (in Dutch). volkskrant.nl. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Diamond, James (8 January 2019). "Former world speed skating champion Van Deutekom dies aged 37". inside the games.
- ^ "Oud-schaatsster Paulien van Deutekom (37) overleden". NOS (in Dutch). 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Oud-schaatsster Paulien van Deutekom (37) overleden aan gevolgen kanker". NU.nl (in Dutch). 3 January 2019.
- ^ Oud-schaatsster Paulien van Deutekom op 37-jarige leeftijd overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ "Results Paulien van Deutekom". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "Results Paulien van Deutekom". speedskatingbase.eu. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "Paulien van Deutekom". www.sskating.com. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
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- 1981 births
- 2019 deaths
- Dutch female speed skaters
- Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands
- Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Gouda, South Holland
- Universiade medalists in speed skating
- World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists
- World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
- Deaths from lung cancer
- Deaths from cancer in the Netherlands
- Universiade silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Competitors at the 2005 Winter Universiade