Gerben Jorritsma Explained

Gerben Jorritsma
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Birth Date:21 August 1993
Birth Place:Diever, Netherlands
Turnedpro:2013
Retired:2020

Gerben Jorritsma (born 21 August 1993) is a Dutch former speed skater who specialized in the sprint distances.

Career

He won the 1,500 meters 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup event in Calgary on 15 November 2015 in a personal record of 1:07,20, ahead of Russia's Pavel Kulizhnikov.[1] Jorritsma was a member of the Team LottoNL-Jumbo and later TalentNED. In the 2020-21 season he didn't have a sponsor and he had to quit with speed skating.[2] His cousin Jorjan Jorritsma was also a speed skater.[3]

Tournament overview


Season
Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances
Dutch
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Junior
World
Cup
GWC

2012–13
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500m
6th 3000m
8th 1500m
7th 5000m
5th overall
7th 5000m
6th team pursuit
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2013–14
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2014–15
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15th 500m
26th mass start

2015–16
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23rd 500m
1000m
12th 1500m

2016–17
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2017–18
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2018–19
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2019–20
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DNS = Did not start

DNF = Did not finish

NC = No classificationsource:[4] [5] [6] [7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: American breaks women's 1,000 record at speedskating World Cup. Chicago Tribune. 14 November 2015.
  2. Web site: Gerben Jorritsma (27) stopt met schaatsen: 'Heb geen andere keus'.
  3. Web site: Gerben Jorritsma. speedskatingstats.com . 16 November 2022.
  4. Web site: Gerben Jorritsma. speedskatingstats.com . 16 November 2022.
  5. Web site: Gerben Jorritsma. speedskatingnews.info . 23 November 2022.
  6. Web site: Gerben Jorritsma. speedskatingresults.com . 23 November 2022.
  7. Web site: Gerben Jorritsma. ISU.org. 23 November 2022.