Kjeld Nuis

Kjeld Nuis (Dutch pronunciation: [kjɛlt ˈnœys]; born in Leiden 10 November 1989) is a Dutch speed skater.^[1]

Kjeld Nuis

Nuis in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1989-11-10) 10 November 1989 (age 35) Leiden, Netherlands
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Website	www.kjeldnuis.nl
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Event(s)	1000 m, 1500 m
Club	Team Reggeborgh
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang 1000 m 2018 Pyeongchang 1500 m 2022 Beijing 1500 m World Single Distance Championships 2017 Gangneung 1000 m 2017 Gangneung 1500 m 2019 Inzell Team sprint 2020 Salt Lake City 1500 m 2011 Inzell 1000 m 2012 Heerenveen 1000 m 2016 Kolomna 1500 m 2020 Salt Lake City 1000 m 2021 Heerenveen 1500 m 2023 Heerenveen 1500 m 2024 Calgary 1500 m 2015 Heerenveen 1000 m 2016 Kolomna 1000 m 2019 Inzell 1000 m 2024 Calgary 1000 m World Sprint Championships 2016 Seoul Sprint 2018 Changchun Sprint 2017 Calgary Sprint 2019 Heerenveen Sprint European Championships 2022 Heerenveen 1500 m 2024 Heerenveen 1000 m 2017 Heerenveen Sprint 2022 Heerenveen 1000 m 2024 Heerenveen 1500 m

Nuis is a specialist in the middle distances of 1000 and 1500 meters. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, he won the gold medal at the 1500 m and 1000 m events. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, he successfully defended his title on the 1500 m. 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, a four-time season overall World Cup winner of the 1000 meters distance, and a two-time winner over 1500 meters.

On 10 March 2019, he set the world record for the 1500-meter event to 1:40:17 in the Utah Olympic Oval during the finals 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 it was broken by Pavel Kulizhnikov on 15 February 2020.

In Savalen, Norway on 17 March 2022, he set a new world speed skating record of 103 kilometers per hour, beating his previous 4-year-old record by 10 km/h.^[2][3]

Personal life

From 2014 until the end of 2018, Nuis was in a relationship with Miss Nederland World [nl] 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.^[4]

Records

Personal records

Personal records[5]
Speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 meter	34.79	13 November 2015	Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 meter	1:06.18	9 March 2019	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	Former World record.[6]
1500 meter	1:40.17	10 March 2019	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	Current World record.
3000 meter	3:46.18	11 October 2014	Eisstadion Inzell, Inzell
5000 meter	7:21.30	2 February 2008	Kardinge ijsbaan (nl)

World records established

Nr.	Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
1.	1000 meter	1:06.18	9 March 2019	Salt Lake City	World record until 12 February 2020
2.	1500 meter	1:40.17	10 March 2019	Salt Lake City	Current world record

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Sprint	European Championships Single Distances	European Championships Sprint	World Championships Sprint	World Championships Single Distances	Olympic Games	World Cup GWC
2009–10	HEERENVEEN 16th 500m 11th 1000m 6th 1500m	HEERENVEEN 11th 500m 4th 1000m 4th 500m 4th 1000m 5th overall						51st 1000m 10th 1500m
2010–11		HEERENVEEN 5th 500m DQ 1000 7th 500m DNS 1000m NC overall			HEERENVEEN 8th 500m 5th 1000m 17th 500m 4th 1000m 5th overall	INZELL 1000m		19th 1000m 20th 1500m
2011–12	HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 1000m 1500m	HEERENVEEN 24th 500m 1000m 8th 500m 7th 1000m 23rd overall				HEERENVEEN 1000m 8th 1500m		1000m 1500m GWC
2012–13	HEERENVEEN 5th 500m 1000m 1500m	HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 7th 1000m 500m 7th 1000m 6th overall				SOCHI 4th 1000m 10th 1500m		20th 500m 1000m 11th 1500m
2013–14	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 1500m	HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m overall			GANGNEUNG 18th 500m 1000m 8th 500m 4th 1000m 5th overall		'	39th 500m 1000m 10th 1500m 11th GWC
2014–15	HEERENVEEN 11th 500m 1000m 4th 1500m	HEERENVEEN 9th 500m 1000m 10th 500m 1000m 4th overall				HEERENVEEN 1000m 9th 1500m		1000m 1500m 4th GWC
2015–16	HEERENVEEN 1000m 1500m				SEOUL 14th 500m 1000m 16th 500m 1000m overall	KOLOMNA 1000m 1500m		1000m 1500m GWC
2016–17	HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 1000m 1500m			HEERENVEEN 9th 500m 1000m 7th 500m 1000m overall	CALGARY 18th 500m 1000m 16th 500m 1000m overall	GANGNEUNG 1000m 1500m		40th 500m 1000m 1500m GWC
2017–18	HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 1000m 6th 1500m				CHANGCHUNG 12th 500m 1000m 14th 500m 1000m overall		GANGNEUNG 1000m 1500m	35th 500m 1000m 15th 1500m
2018–19	HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 1000m 1500m			COLLALBO 500m DQ 1000m 4th 500m DNS 1000m NC overall	HEERENVEEN 9th 500m 1000m 7th 500m 1000m overall	INZELL 1000m 5th 1500m Team sprint		37th 500m 1000m 1500m
2019–20					HAMAR 15th 500m 4th 1000m 11th 500m 1000m 7th overall	SALT LAKE CITY 1000m 1500m		4th 1000m 1500m Team sprint
2020–21	HEERENVEEN 7th 500m–1 DNS 500m–2 1000m	HEERENVEEN DQ 500m 1000m 7th 500m DNQ 1000m NC overall				HEERENVEEN 1500m		1500m
2021–22	HEERENVEEN 8th 500m–1 DNS 500m–2 4th 1000m 1500m		HEERENVEEN 1000m 1500m				BEIJING 1500m	1000m 1500m
2022–23	HEERENVEEN 1000m 1500m	HEERENVEEN 9th 500m 1000m 7th 500m 1000m 5th overall				HEERENVEEN 4th 1000m 1500m		21st 1000m 1500m

Source:^[7][8][9]

World Cup overview

Season	500 meter
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013	15th	8th	–	–	14th	18th	2nd(b)	–	14th	14th	12th	–
2013–2014	20th	17th	18th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2014–2015
2015–2016	13th	–	–	6th(b)	–	3rd(b)	–	–	–	2nd(b)
2016–2017	–	1st(b)	DQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2017–2018	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1st(b)	–	–	–
2018–2019	13th	–	1st(b)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2019–2020
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023

Season	1000 meter
2009–2010	–	–	–	7th(b)	–	–
2010–2011	–	–	–	–	1st(b)	5th
2011–2012				DQ	8th
2012–2013		5th		4th	4th		4th	9th
2013–2014			–	–	7th
2014–2015			12th
2015–2016
2016–2017			–			–
2017–2018	7th	4th		–
2018–2019			–
2019–2020			–		5th
2020–2021
2021–2022				–
2022–2023	–	7th	–	1st(b)		–

Season	1500 meter
2009–2010	–	–	1st(b)	13th	19th
2010–2011	–	–	–	9th	1st(b)	–
2011–2012	4th	5th		7th
2012–2013	9th	8th	–	–	–	4th
2013–2014		7th	–	–	6th	10th
2014–2015			8th	5th		6th
2015–2016	4th					5th
2016–2017	1st(b)		–
2017–2018	–	–		–	–	–
2018–2019			–	5th	–
2019–2020				–
2020–2021
2021–2022	6th	7th	11th	–
2022–2023	–

Season	Team sprint
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020			–	–
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023

Source:^[10]

– = Did not participate

(b) = Division B

DQ = Disqualified

NC = No classification

Medals won

Championship	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dutch Single Distances	8	5	2
Dutch Sprint	1	3	4
European Sprint	2	1	1
European Single Distances	1	1	0
World Sprint	9	2	3
World Single Distance	4	5	3
Olympic Games	3	0	0
World Cup	36	29	25