Kjeld Nuis (; born in Leiden 10 November 1989) is a Dutch

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. Nuis specializes over the middle distances of 1000 and 1500 meters. At the

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, he won the gold medal at the

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and 1000 m events. At the

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he successfully defended his title on the

. He is the current holder of the world record over 1500 meters.

Career

Nuis is a three-time Olympic champion, having won Olympic gold in both the 1000 and 1500 meters at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He won another gold in the 1500 meters four years later, improving Derek Parra's twenty year old Olympic Record to 1:43:21 in the process. He is also a two-time world single distance champion over 1000 and 1500 meters. He is a multi-time world single distance medalist over 1000 and 1500 meters and is also a four-time season overall World Cup winner of the 1000 meters distance and a two-time winner over 1500 meters. On March 10, 2019, he set the world record for the 1500 meter event to 1:40:17 in the

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during the

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of the 2018-19 World Cup tour. A day earlier in the same event, he also improved the 1000 meters world record to 1:06:18, which stood until bested by

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 ...

on February 15, 2020. In Savalen, Norway on 17 March 2022, he set a new world speed skating record of 103 kilometers per hour.

Personal life

From 2014 until the end of 2018, Nuis was in a relationship with 2011 Jill Lauren de Robles. They have a son. On 19 December 2018 Nuis was named Dutch Sportsman of the Year 2018 at the NOC NSF Sport Gala. He lives in Emmen.

Records

Personal records

World records established

Tournament overview

Source:

World Cup overview

Source: :''– = Did not participate'' :''(b) = Division B'' :''DQ = Disqualified'' :''NC = No classification''

Medals won

References

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