Carien Kleibeuker (born 12 March 1978) is a Dutch former

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who is specialised in the long distances, 3000 and mainly 5000 metres. She is the current holder of the Dutch record on the 10,000 metres distances, as well as the current holder of the unofficial world one-hour record, with 40,569.56 metres skated.

Speed skating

During the Dutch Single Distance Championships Kleibeuker won her first medal at a highly rated tournament as she finished in third position at the 5000 metres. In the following years she participated, but never managed to equal or improve her effort from 2000, until December 2005, when she won the 5000 metres race in the B Division at a

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meeting. This effort secured her a nomination for the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

held in

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. A top-3 ranking at the 2005 Dutch Single Distance Championships would definitely qualify her for the Olympics. She let no hesitation and won the distance with big names as

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and

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behind her. At the 2006 Winter Olympics Kleibeuker would finish in 10th position in the women's 5000 metres. Besides long track speed skating, Kleibeuker also is a marathon speed skater. As of the 2007–08 season she will only focus on marathon skating, dropping her long track appearances.

Bribery witness

At the 2006 Turin Olympics, Kleibeuker witnessed a bribery attempt by two members of the Dutch speed skating team. In 2009, she was called in as a witness by the Netherlands Olympic Committee and Sports Federation, which found that coach

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had offered Polish speed-skater

Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Katarzyna Anna Bachleda-Curuś (née Wójcicka, born 1 January 1980) is a Polish speed skater, who was born in Sanok and resides in Zakopane. Wójcicka is specialised in allround championships as she performs well on all distances, but almost n ...

money to forfeit the race. If she had withdrawn, it would have allowed

, who was eliminated, to be reinstated. Bachleda-Curuś refused.

Records

Personal records

World records

Tournament overview

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Carien Kleibeuker
1978 births Dutch female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Heerenveen Living people World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists 21st-century Dutch women 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-speed-skating-bio-stub