Gerben Jorritsma (born 21 August 1993) is a Dutch former
speed skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...
who specialized in the sprint distances.
Career
He won the 1,500 meters
2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup
The 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the ''ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2015–2016'', was a series of international speed skating competitions that ran the entire season. The season started on 13 November 2015 in Calgary, Calgary, ...
event in
Calgary
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on 15 November 2015 in a personal record of 1:07,20, ahead of Russia's
Pavel Kulizhnikov
Pavel Aleksandrovich Kulizhnikov (russian: Павел Александрович Кулижников; born 20 April 1994) is a Russian speed skater. He won the men's 500 metres event at the 2015 World Single Distance Championships as well as t ...
. 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. His cousin
Jorjan Jorritsma was also a speed skater.
Personal records
Tournament overview
: DNS = Did not start
: DNF = Did not finish
: NC = No classification
source:
References
External links
Team LottoNL-Jumbo profile
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1993 births
Living people
Dutch male speed skaters
Sportspeople from Drenthe