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Hein Otterspeer

Netherlands

SportSpeed Skating
FederationIDSSNED11111198801
NOCNetherlands
Born11 Nov 1988 in  Gouda
GenderMen
ResidenceHeerenveen, NED
OccupationAthlete
LanguagesDutch, English, German
FamilyPartner Bettelien van der Ploeg, son Sant-Jan [2015]
Personal Bests
EventRecordDateLocation 
Personal Bests
  Event RecordDateLocation 
    500m 34.35 03 Dec 2021 Salt Lake City, UT  
    1000m 1:06.95 05 Dec 2021 Salt Lake City, UT  
    1500m 1:47.68 09 Oct 2016 Inzell  
    5000m 7:14.47 24 Nov 2007 Eindhoven  
Main Achievements
 
Main Achievements
World Single Distances Championships
Event  
World Single Distances Championships
    Team Sprint   1    
World Sprint Championships
Event  
World Sprint Championships
    Overall   1 1  
European Sprint Championships
Event  
European Sprint Championships
    Overall   2    
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
Club / TeamTeam Reggeborgh: Netherlands  
General Interest
General Interest
Awards and honoursHe was named the 2010 Sportsman of the Year in Krimpenerwaard, Netherlands. (heinotterspeer.nl, 13 Feb 2011)  
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
Name of coachGerard van Velde [club], NED; Rintje Ritsma [national], NED  
General Interest
General Interest
Most influential person in careerHis family. (schaatsen.nl, 22 Jan 2019)  
Social Media
Social Media
www.heinotterspeer.nl/  
www.facebook.com/hein.otterspeer  
twitter.com/heinotterspeer  
General Interest
General Interest
InjuriesHe was dealing with a groin injury in the lead-up to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (schaatsen.nl, 16 Feb 2022; rtlnieuws.nl, 29 Dec 2021)

In 2017 he sustained a back injury that continued to affect him for the following three years. (schaatsen.nl, 29 Nov 2020, 22 Jan 2019)

He sustained a groin injury in January 2017. (schaatsen.nl, 26 Aug 2017)

In 2015 he dislocated his shoulder after crashing into a car while cycling. (nos.nl, 06 Oct 2015)
 
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
Reason for choosing this sportThere was a nature park behind his house where he could skate on natural ice while he was growing up. "I quickly realised that I wanted to be a top skater. By the time I went to high school, I was already working on it. To be honest, I never looked further. I always had the conviction I had to make it and end up in a commercial skating team."  
General Interest
General Interest
Hero / IdolDutch speed skater Ids Postma. (schaatsen.nl, 02 Sep 2017)  
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport?He began skating in Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Netherlands.  
General Interest
General Interest
Other informationINJURY RESOLUTION
He was affected by a back injury between 2017 and 2020. He was eventually persuaded to seek specialist treatment abroad by Jac Orie, who was his coach at Team Jumbo-Visma. "The weak zone has been removed from my body and I can use my strength again on the ice. I may not be at 100% [speaking in late 2020], but I am not at 50% either." (schaatsen.nl, 29 Nov 2020)
 
Championships results
Year Competition Event Rank  
Championships results
    2022/2023 World Single Distances Championships Team Sprint2  
    2020/2021 European Sprint Championships Overall2  
    2022/2023 European Sprint Championships Overall2  
    2014/2015 World Sprint Championships Overall2  
    2012/2013 World Sprint Championships Overall3  
    2014/2015 World Single Distances Championships 2 x 500m4  
    2014/2015 World Single Distances Championships 1000m5  
    2011/2012 World Single Distances Championships 1000m6  
    2022/2023 World Single Distances Championships 500m6  
    2022/2023 World Single Distances Championships 1000m6  
    2011/2012 World Sprint Championships Overall7  
    2018/2019 World Sprint Championships Overall8  
    2017/2018 European Single Distances Championships 1000m8  
    2022 Olympic Games 1000m10  
World Cups
Year Competition Event Rank  
World Cups
    2022/2023 World Cup Classification 1000m1  
    2012/2013 Nagano 1000m1  
    2017/2018 Minsk 500m1  
    2021/2022 Tomaszów Mazowiecki 1000m1  
    2012/2013 Calgary, AB 1000m1  
    2022/2023 Calgary, AB 1000m1  
    2022/2023 Tomaszów Mazowiecki 1000m1  
    2017/2018 World Cup Classification 500m2  
    2011/2012 Heerenveen 500m2  
    2022/2023 Heerenveen Team Sprint2  
    2017/2018 Erfurt 1000m2  
    2022/2023 Calgary, AB Team Sprint2  
    2020/2021 Heerenveen 500m2  
    2017/2018 Stavanger 500m2  
    2012/2013 Harbin 1000m2  
    2020/2021 World Cup Classification 1000m3  
    2021/2022 World Cup Classification 1000m3  
    2012/2013 World Cup Classification 1000m3  
    2023/2024 Tomaszów Mazowiecki 1000m3  
    2019/2020 Nagano 1000m3  
    2017/2018 Minsk 500m3  
    2014/2015 Berlin 1000m3  
    2015/2016 Salt Lake City, UT Team Sprint3  
    2021/2022 Heerenveen 1000m3  
    2014/2015 Heerenveen 1000m3  
    2022/2023 Tomaszów Mazowiecki 1000m3  
    2017/2018 Stavanger 500m3  
    2021/2022 Salt Lake City, UT 1000m3  
    2012/2013 Harbin 1000m3  
    2020/2021 World Cup Classification 500m6  
    2014/2015 World Cup Classification 1000m7  
    2017/2018 World Cup Classification 1000m9  
    2017/2018 World Cup Classification Overall11  
    2014/2015 World Cup Classification 500m12  
    2010/2011 World Cup Classification 1000m13  
    2012/2013 World Cup Classification 500m14  
    2021/2022 World Cup Classification 500m15  
    2010/2011 World Cup Classification 500m16  
    2011/2012 World Cup Classification 1000m16  
    2015/2016 World Cup Classification 500m18  
    2022/2023 World Cup Classification 500m19  
    2019/2020 World Cup Classification 1000m19  
    2014/2015 World Cup Classification Overall19  
    2012/2013 World Cup Classification Overall20  
    2023/2024 World Cup Classification 500m20  
    2011/2012 World Cup Classification 500m20  
    2019/2020 World Cup Classification 500m23  
    2018/2019 World Cup Classification 1000m25  
    2023/2024 World Cup Classification 1000m31  
    2018/2019 World Cup Classification 500m34  
    2013/2014 World Cup Classification 500m34  
    2013/2014 World Cup Classification 1000m37  
    2015/2016 World Cup Classification Overall42  
    2011/2012 World Cup Classification Overall43