Hein Otterspeer (born 11 November 1988) is a Dutch
speed skater
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who specialises in the sprint distances.
Career
Otterspeer finished second in the 2014 Dutch sprint championships, held at the
Olympisch Stadium in
Amsterdam
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. In January 2015, he became the Dutch sprint champion in
Groningen
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. He finished second at the
2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The 2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 28 February to 1 March 2015.
Schedule
The schedule of events:
''All times are local (UTC+6
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in Astana, Kazakhstan, behind
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 ...
.
From 2011 through 2014, he was a member of Team Beslist; since 2015, Otterspeer has been a member of Team LottoNL-Jumbo.
Personal records
Source: SpeedskatingResults.com
Tournament overview
Source:
World Cup overview
Source:
* GWC = Grand World Cup
* – = Did not participate
* DQ = Disqualified
* (b) = World Cup division B
* DNF = Did not finish
References
External links
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Team LottoNL-Jumbo profile
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1988 births
Living people
Dutch male speed skaters
Sportspeople from Gouda, South Holland
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists
Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands
Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics