Marrit Leenstra (; born 10 May 1989) is a Dutch former

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Skating career

In the 2007 season she made her World Cup debut in Moscow. In the 2008 season she skated a junior world record in the 1500 meters at the

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in Salt Lake City. Later this season she qualified for the

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and ranked 6th after all four distances. With this result she qualified for the World Allround. At the World Allround Championships in Berlin she placed 12th after four distances. In February 2008, Leenstra was crowned the World Junior Speed Skating Champion in Changchun, China. At the end of the season in March 2008 she improved the junior world records on the 1000 and 1500 meters and the mini combination. The latter two are still current junior world records. In the 2009 season Marrit Leenstra did not qualify for the European Championships, World Sprint Championships or World Allround Championships, however she did qualify for the

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in the 1500 metres where she finished tenth. After a disappointing 2010 season, where she failed to qualify for the

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, she had a breakthrough 2011 season. Leenstra won the Dutch Allround Championships and placed third in the European Championships and fourth in the World Allround Championships. Also she placed fourth in the World Single Distances at the 1000 meters, second in the World Single Distances at the team pursuit and second in the World Cup standings for the 1500 meters, including a World Cup win in Salt Lake City. Leenstra retired from competitive skating in August 2018.

Personal life

Leenstra is married to Italian Olympic gold medalist skater

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Records

Personal records

World records

Tournament results

Junior

After the 2008 season, she continued as a senior speed skater.

Senior

Note: First European Sprint Championship was held in January 2017.
During Olympic seasons

are not held.

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Skating Union (ISU). Note: Points column in team sprint and team pursuit events represents the point score of Netherlands team, hence results from the World Cup races that Leenstra did not participate are included.

World Cup podiums

* 18 wins * 69 podiums

Individual podiums

* 5 wins * 45 podiums

Team podiums

* 13 wins – (12 , 1 ) * 24 podiums – (22 , 2 )

References

External links

Marrit Leenstra at the International Skating UnionMarrit Leenstra at SpeedSkatingStats.com
*http://www.speedskating-online.com/newsjanuary2008.htm *http://www.sskating.com/index.php?&season=2007/2008&name=LEENSTRA&fname=Marit&nat=NED&lm=l *http://www.desg.de/?page_id=813&anzeige=result&eventresultID=39735 {{DEFAULTSORT:Leenstra, Marrit 1989 births Dutch female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Friesland People from Gaasterlân-Sleat Living people World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists 21st-century Dutch women