Stefan Groothuis

Stefan Groothuis (born 23 November 1981) is a Dutch retired speed skater. He is the World Sprint Champion for 2012 and the gold medal winner in the 1000 metres at the 2014 Winter Olympics.^[2]

Stefan Groothuis

Groothuis in 2009
Personal information
Born	(1981-11-23) 23 November 1981 (age 43) Empe, Netherlands
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Website	www.stefangroothuis.nl
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2016
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2014 Sochi 1000 m World Sprint Championships 2012 Calgary Sprint World Single Distance Championships 2012 Heerenveen 1000 m 2011 Inzell 1000 m Dutch Sprint Championships 2006 Assen Sprint 2009 Heerenveen Sprint 2010 Groningen Sprint 2011 Heerenveen Sprint 2012 Heerenveen Sprint 2013 Groningen Sprint Dutch Single Distance Championships 2009 Heerenveen 1000 m 2010 Heerenveen 1000 m 2012 Heerenveen 1000 m 2012 Heerenveen 1500 m 2007 Heerenveen 1000 m 2011 Heerenveen 1000 m 2007 Heerenveen 500 m 2009 Heerenveen 500 m 2010 Heerenveen 1500 m 2011 Heerenveen 1500 m

Career

Groothuis, a specialist in the middle distances (1000 and 1500 metres), had his international breakthrough in 2005. In that year he reached a second spot during the Speed Skating World Cup meeting in Salt Lake City competing in the 1000 metres. This earned him a nomination for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. During the Dutch Single Distance Championships in December 2005, he switched this nomination into a qualification by placing fourth behind Jan Bos, Erben Wennemars, and Beorn Nijenhuis, who all qualified as well.

In January 2006 Groothuis surprisingly became the Dutch national sprint champion, finishing first in two 500 metres and two 1000 metres races, outsprinting common names like Gerard van Velde, Nijenhuis, and Wennemars. A month later at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Groothuis would finish in eighth position in the 1000 metres. His time of 1:09.57 was 0.68 behind the winner Shani Davis.

In the 2010-2011 World Cup season, Groothuis would win the 1000 metre overall World Cup, dethroning perennial winner Shani Davis. He would also lead the 2011-2012 1000 metre standings going into the final race, but would be beaten out in the season finale by Davis and also just edged for the season 1000 title by Davis as a result.

At the 2012 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Calgary, Groothuis won the gold medal. His point total of 136.810 broke the world record for the sprint combination held by Jeremy Wotherspoon. He also won gold in the 1000 metres at the World Single Distance Championships that year.

Personal records

Personal records
Men's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	34.55	21 January 2012	Salt Lake City
1000 m	1:06.96	29 January 2012	Calgary
1500 m	1:43.48	4 December 2009	Calgary
3000 m	3:53.72	16 March 2001	Calgary
5000 m	6:54.59	20 March 2002	Calgary
10000 m	14:41.70	21 March 2002	Calgary

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com^[3]

World record

Nr.	Event	Result	Date	Location	Note
1.	Sprint combination	136.810	29 January 2012	Calgary	World record until 28 January 2013

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Sprint	World Championships Sprint	World Championships Single Distances	Olympic Games	World Cup GWC	World Championships Junior Allround
2000–01	THE HAGUE 18th 500m 25th 1000m						GRONINGEN 7th 500m 12th 3000m 1500m 12th 5000m 6th overall
2001–02	GRONINGEN 11th 500m 6th 1000m 12th 1500m	GRONINGEN 11th 500m 6th 1000m 9th 500m 9th 1000m 7th overall
2002–03	UTRECHT 8th 500m 4th 1000m 16th 1500m	GRONINGEN 8th 500m 6th 1000m 9th 500m 5th 1000m 6th overall				29th 1000m
2003–04	HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 9th 1000m 22nd 1500m	UTRECHT 8th 500m 6th 1000m 11th 500m 8th 1000m 8th overall
2004–05	ASSEN 6th 500m 7th 1000m 5th 1500m	GRONINGEN 7th 500m 6th 1000m 7th 500m 6th 1000m 4th overall				24th 1000m 34th 1500m
2005–06	HEERENVEEN 4th 1000m 8th 1500m	ASSEN 5th 500m 1000m 8th 500m 1000m overall	HEERENVEEN 30th 500m 11th 1000m 31st 500m 7th 1000m 17th overall		TURIN 8th 1000m	9th 1000m
2006–07	ASSEN 6th 500m 1000m 8th 1500m	GRONINGEN 7th 500m 1000m 8th 500m 5th 1000m 5th overall				45th 500m 5th 1000m 9th 1500m
2007–08
2008–09	HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 1000m 5th 1500m	GRONINGEN 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m overall	MOSCOW 30th 500m 1000m 12th 500m 5th 1000m 18th overall	VANCOUVER 15th 500m 4th 1000m 7th 1500m		27th 100m 19th 500m 1000m 9th 1500m
2009–10	HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 1000m 1500m	GRONINGEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall			VANCOUVER 4th 1000m 16th 1500m	23rd 500m 1000m 6th 1500m
2010–11	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 1500m	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 12th 500m 1000m 4th overall	INZELL 1000m		15th 500m 1000m 1500m
2011–12	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 1500m	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 9th 500m 1000m overall	CALGARY 9th 500m 1000m 12th 500m 1000m overall	HEERENVEEN 1000m 5th 1500m		15th 500m 1000m 6th 1500m GWC
2012–13	HEERENVEEN 8th 500m 7th 1000m	GRONINGEN 5th 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m overall	SALT LAKE CITY 18th 500m 4th 1000m 25th 500m 17th 1000m 17th overall	SOCHI 8th 1000m		7th 1000m 24th 1500m
2013–14	HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 4th 1000m 7th 1500m	AMSTERDAM 8th 500m 12th 1000m 8th 500m 1000m 6th overall			SOCHI 38th 500m 1000m 12th 1500m	41st 500m 8th 1000m 22nd 1500m
2014–15	HEERENVEEN 10th 500m 1000m 11th 1500m	GRONINGEN 11th 500m 1000m 13th 500m 8th 1000m 5th overall		HEERENVEEN 6th 1000m		4th 1000m
2015–16	HEERENVEEN 9th 500m 1000m 1500m			KOLOMNA 14th 1000m 14th 1500m		32nd 1000m

source: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

World Cup overview

Season	500 meter
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007	–	–	–	–	–	3rd(b)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007–2008
2008–2009	12th	17th	15th	17th	15th	14th	–	–	12th	14th	16th	9th	19th
2009–2010	11th	17th	12th	18th	11th(b)	DNF	–	–	14th	8th	–	–
2010–2011	6th	7th	16th	13th	20th	16th	–	–	12th	10th	5th	–
2011–2012	5th	12th		–	12th	–	8th	–	4th	–	–	–
2012–2013	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13th(b)	–	–	–	-
2013–2014	–	–	11th(b)	–	–	3rd(b)	–	–	–	–	–	–
2014–2015
2015–2016

Season	1000 meter
2002–2003	18th	17th	16th	18th	–	–	–	–	–
2003–2004
2004–2005	21st	20th	1st(b)	3rd(b)	–	–	–	–	–
2005–2006		16th	7th	DQ	18th		–	–	–	5th
2006–2007	7th	5th	18th	5th		6th	6th	6th	4th	11th
2007–2008
2008–2009		6th			–	–			6th	4th
2009–2010	DNF	1st(b)	4th	–
2010–2011		5th			–
2011–2012			4th				4th
2012–2013	–	–	–	–	–	7th	8th
2013–2014	10th	DQ	7th	–		6th
2014–2015	9th		6th	11th	6th		10th
2015–2016	DQ	5th(b)	–	3rd(b)	–	–	–

Season	1500 meter
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005	–	3rd(b)	–	–	–
2005–2006
2006–2007	–	–	–	1st(b)	8th	5th
2007–2008
2008–2009	10th		8th	11th	5th	–
2009/–010	4th		17th	5th	–	5th
2010–2011	4th		9th	4th	–
2011–2012		6th	12th		5th	15th
2012–2013	–	–	–	19th	1st(b)	18th
2013–2014	–	–	3rd(b)	–	11th	11th
2014–2015
2015–2016

– = Did not participate

(b) = Division B

DQ = Disqualified

DNF = Did not finish

Medals won

Championship	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dutch Single Distances	4	3	4
Dutch Sprint	6	0	0
World Sprint	1	0	0
World Single Distances	1	0	1
World Cup 500m	0	0	1
World Cup 1000m	8	12	6
World Cup 1500m	1	2	3
World Cup classification	1	2	2
Olympic Games	1	0	0

Career highlights

• 2001, 6th, Junior World Championships
• 2002, 6th, 1000 metres, Dutch National Single Distance Championships
• 2002, 7th, Dutch National Sprint Championships
• 2003, 4th, 1000 metres and 8th, 500 metres, Dutch National Single Distance Championships
• 2003, 6th, Dutch National Sprint Championships
• 2004, 6th, 500 metres and 9th, 1000 metres, Dutch National Single Distance Championships
• 2004, 8th, Dutch National Sprint Championships
• 2005, 5th, 1500 metres; 6th, 500 metres; and 7th, 1000 metres; Dutch National Single Distance Championships
• 2005, 4th, Dutch National Sprint Championships
• 2006, 4th, 1000 metres and 8th, 1500 metres, Dutch National Single Distance Championships
• 2006, 1st, Dutch National Sprint Championships
• 2006, 8th, 1000 metres, 2006 Winter Olympics
• 2006, 9th, 1000 metres, World Cup
• 2007, 2nd, 1000 metres; 6th, 500 metres; and 8th, 1500 metres; Dutch National Single Distance Championships
• 2014, 1st, 1000 metres, 2014 Winter Olympics

Source: www.sskating.com^[8]