Annamarie Thomas (15 September 1971) is a former

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Biography

Thomas was an allround speed skater, but favored the shorter distances. The years 1995 and 1996 found her at her peak: in both those years she was Dutch allround champion as well as Dutch sprint champion and came in second at the European Allround Championships behind

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. She was third in the 1995 World Allround Championships in

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and in 1996 won both the 1000 and 1500 m in the inaugural

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. On 20 March 1999 in the

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, she broke the world record in 1500 m. by 1.5 seconds, skating in 1.55.50. That weekend she also broke the world record for the combined times for the 500, 1000, 1500 and 3000 m in one tournament (the "mini combination") and reached 4th place in the adelskalender. In the summer of 2006 she was a participant in the first season of the celebreality show

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, the Dutch version of Skating with Celebrities, where she ended up in fourth place. She retired from competitive skating in November 2006.

Records

Personal records

World records

Medals

References

External links

Official site

Palmares
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Annamarie 1971 births Dutch female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands World record setters in speed skating People from Emmeloord Living people Sportspeople from Noordoostpolder World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women