Michel Mulder
Personal information
Born (1986-02-27) 27 February 1986
Zwolle, Netherlands
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2014 Sochi500 m
Bronze medal – third place2014 Sochi1000 m
World Sprint Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Salt Lake CitySprint
Gold medal – first place2014 NaganoSprint
World Single Distance Championships
Silver medal – second place2012 Heerenveen500 m
Silver medal – second place2015 Heerenveen500 m

Michel Mulder (born 27 February 1986) is a Dutch speed skater. He is the 2014 Olympic Champion at the 500 m distance and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist at the 1,000 m distance. He finished second in the men's 500 metres event at the 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships.[2] His twin brother, Ronald Mulder, is also a speed skater. Despite being the defending champion for the 500m distance at the Olympic Games, Michel did not qualify for the 2018 Olympics.[3] His twin brother competed in the event and finished in 7th place.

Personal records

DistanceResultDateLocation
500 m34.2615 November 2013Salt Lake City
1000 m1:07.4616 November 2013Salt Lake City
1500 m1:48.5920 March 2011Calgary
3000 m4:09.6313 January 2008Heerenveen
5000 m7:31.0611 November 2007Heerenveen

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Michel Mulder". olympics.cbc.ca. CBC. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "ESSENT ISU WORLD DISTANCES CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 Classification Men". live.isuresults.eu. 2012-03-25. Archived from the original on 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  3. ↑ McVeigh, Niall; O'Halloran, Kate; Howcroft, Jonathan (19 February 2018). "Winter Olympics 2018: Day 10 from Pyeongchang – as it happened". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ "Michel Mulder". SpeedskatingResults.com.


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