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Paulien van Deutekom
Personal information
Birth name Paulien van Deutekom
Born (1981-02-04)4 February 1981
The Hague, Netherlands
Died 2 January 2019(2019-01-02) (aged 37)
Netherlands
Sport
Country Netherlands
Sport Speed skating
Turned pro 1998
Retired 2012
Medal record
Women's Speed Skating
Representing the  Netherlands
World Allround Championships
Gold 2008 Berlin Allround
World Single Distance Championships
Gold 2008 Nagano Team pursuit
Silver 2008 Nagano 1500 m
Silver 2008 Nagano 3000 m
Silver 2007 Salt Lake City Team pursuit

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.

Post skating career

Following her retirement van Deutekom was a pundit for Dutch broadcaster NOS. Van Deutekom died on 2 January 2019 after being diagnosed with lung cancer six months earlier at the age of 37. Van Deutekom is survived by her husband Kay van der Kooi and daughter Lynn, born in 2017.

Personal records

Personal records
Women's Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
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 & speedskatingbase.eu

Tournament overview

Season Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances
Dutch
Championships
Sprint
Dutch
Championships
Allround
European
Championships
Allround
World
Championships
Allround
World
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Single
Distances
Olympic Games
Olympic
Games
World Cup

1998–99
GRONINGEN

15th 3000m

1999–2000
DEVENTER

11th 1500m
10th 3000m

2000–01
HEERENVEEN

16th 500m
15th 1000m
15th 500m
15th 1000m
15th overall

2001–02
GRONINGEN

16th 1000m
16th 1500m
11th 3000m
6th 5000m
GRONINGEN

17th 500m
18th 1000m
17th 500m
17th 1000m
16th overall
ALKMAAR
14th 500m
10th 3000m
13th 1500m
DNQ 5000m
NC overall

2002–03
UTRECHT

12th 3000m
ASSEN

17th 500m
14th 3000m
14th 1500m
DNQ 5000m
NC overall

2003–04
HEERENVEEN

14th 1500m
17th 3000m
EINDHOVEN

14th 500m
11th 3000m
15th 1500m
DNQ 5000m
NC overall

2004–05
ASSEN

13th 500m
8th 1000m
15th 1500m
14th 3000m
GRONINGEN

12th 500m
11th 1000m
14th 500m
9th 1000m
12th overall
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
12th 3000m
13th 1500m
DNQ 5000m
NC overall

2005–06
HEERENVEEN

4th 1000m
2 1500m
ASSEN

7th 500m
4th 1000m
12th 500m
3 1000m
9th overall
TORINO

13th 1500m
6th Team pursuit
11th 1000m
6th 1500m

2006–07
ASSEN

4th 1000m
3 1500m
3 3000m
HEERENVEEN

3 500m
4th 3000m
3 1500m
6th 5000m
4th overall
COLLALBO

5th 500m
4th 3000m
10th 1500m
10th 5000m

7th overall
HEERENVEEN

11th 500m
5th 3000m
4th 1500m
7th 5000m
6th overall
SALT LAKE CITY

5th 1500m
6th 3000m
2 team pursuit
25th 1000m
6th 1500m
9th 3/5 km
1 team pursuit

2007–08
HEERENVEEN

1 1000m
1 1500m
3 3000m
HEERENVEEN

8th 500m
2 1000m
7th 500m
2 1000m
4th overall
GRONINGEN

5th 500m
3 3000m
2 1500m
3 5000m
3 overall
KOLOMNA

3 500m
3 3000m
2 1500m
3 5000m
2 overall
BERLIN

5th 500m
1 3000m
2 1500m
3 5000m
1 overall
HEERENVEEN

21st 500m
4th 1000m
19th 500m
8th 1000m
12th overall
NAGANO

5th 1000m
2 1500m
2 3000m
8th 5000m
1 team pursuit
9th 1000m
4th 1500m
13th 3/5 km
6th team pursuit

2008–09
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m
1 1000m
1 1500m
2 3000m
GRONINGEN

8th 500m
1 1000m
12th 500m
3 1000m
5th overall
HEERENVEEN

5th 500m
2 3000m
5th 1500m
3 5000m
3 overall
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
3 3000m
3 1500m
7th 5000m
4th overall
HAMAR

7th 500m
3 3000m
7th 1500m
10th 5000m
7th overall
29th 1000m
24th 1500m
22nd 3/5 km

2009–10
HEERENVEEN

13th 1000m
9th 3000m
HAMAR

6th 500m
9th 3000m
16th 1500m
9th 5000m
12th overall
35th 1500m
39th 3/5 km
5th team pursuit

2010–11
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
7th 3000m
7th 1500m
10th 5000m
10th overall

2011–12
HEERENVEEN

12th 1000m
15th 1500m
13th 3000m
HEERENVEEN

9th 500m
14th 3000m
13th 1500m
DNQ 5000m
NC overall
  • NC = No classification due to not qualifying for the last distance

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