Marrit Leenstra (speed skater) explained

Marrit Leenstra^[1] (pronounced as /nl/; born 10 May 1989) is a Dutch former long track speed skater.

Skating career

In the 2007 season she made her World Cup debut in Moscow.^[2]

In the 2008 season she skated a junior world record in the 1500 meters at the World Cup in Salt Lake City.^[3] Later this season she qualified for the European Championships 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^[4] and 1500 meters and the mini combination.^[5] The latter two are still current junior world records.^[6]

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 World Single Distance Championships in the 1500 metres where she finished tenth.

After a disappointing 2010 season, where she failed to qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics, 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 Matteo Anesi.^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

Records

World records

Tournament results

Junior

Season	Category	Dutch Allround	Dutch Sprint	World Allround
2003/04	Juniors C	3rd
2004/05	Juniors B	5th	7th
2005/06	Juniors B
2006/07	Juniors A	4th
2007/08	Juniors A

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

Senior

Season	Dutch Single Distance	Dutch Sprint	Dutch Allround	European Single Distance	European Sprint	European Allround	World Single Distance	World Sprint	World Allround	World Cup	Olympic Games
2006/07	15th 500 m 9th 1500 m  12th 3000 m		13th	bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=11	bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=10					50th 1500 m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=3
2007/08	9th 500 m 4th 1000 m 1500 m  10th 3000 m		4th	6th			12th	19th 1000 m 23rd 1500 m
2008/09	17th 500 m 5th 1000 m 1500 m 8th 3000 m	4th	5th					28th 1000 m 11th 1500 m
2009/10	15th 1000 m 10th 1500 m 12th 3000 m	9th						41st 1500 m	did not participate
2010/11	500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m				4th 1000 m   team pursuit		4th	40th 500 m 9th 1000 m 1500 m 33rd 3000/5000 m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=3
2011/12	1000 m 1500 m 9th 3000 m				did not participate	8th	13th	1000 m 1500 m
2012/13	5th 500 m 1000 m 1500 m				8th 1000 m   team pursuit	11th		24th 500 m 9th 1000 m 1500 m
2013/14	4th 500 m 1000 m 4th 1500 m	5th						37th 500 m 11th 1000 m 5th 1500 m 12th GWC	19th 500 m 6th 1000 m 4th 1500 m team pursuit
2014/15	1000 m 1500 m 11th 3000m	4th	DSQ		7th 1000 m 5th 1500 m   team pursuit			1000 m 1500 m 5th GWC	bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=3
2015/16	500 m 1000 m 1500 m 12th 3000m				7th 1000 m 6th 1500 m   team pursuit	4th		26th 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 5th GWC
2016/17	4th 500 m 1000 m 1500 m			4th		4th 1000 m 4th 1500 m   team pursuit			17th 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 5th GWC
2017/18	500 m 1000 m 1500 m			1000 m 1500 m team pursuit	bgcolor=#EEEEEE	bgcolor=#EEEEEE	bgcolor=#EEEEEE	4th		20th 500 m 1000 m 1500 m GWC	6th 1000 m 1500 m team pursuit

Note: First European Sprint Championship was held in January 2017.
           During Olympic seasons World Single Distance Championships are not held.

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Skating Union (ISU).^[11]

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

Season	500 m			1000 m			1500 m			3000/5000 m			Team pursuit			Team sprint			Total
													1			colspan="3"	1
																colspan="3"
					1		1	2	1				1		1	colspan="3"	2	3	2
					1	2		2	2					1		colspan="3"		4	4
							1	2	1				2	1	1	colspan="3"	3	3	2
													2			colspan="3"	2
				1	2	1	1	1	2				3			colspan="3"	5	3	3
					1	2			3				1	3					1	4	5
					3	1		3	1				2	1		1			3	7	2
				1	1	1		4						2			1		1	8	1
Total	0	0	0	2	9	7	3	14	10	0	0	0	12	8	2	1	1	0	18	32	19
	0			18			27			0			22			2			69

Individual podiums

• 5 wins
• 45 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Venue	Discipline	Place
1	2010/11	4 November 2010	Heerenveen, Netherlands		1500 m	3rd
2	28 November 2010	Hamar, Norway		1500 m	2nd
3	19 February 2011	Salt Lake City, USA		1500 m	1st
4	4 March 2011	Heerenveen, Netherlands		1500 m	2nd
5	6 March 2011	Heerenveen, Netherlands	Thialf	1000 m	2nd
6	2011/12	19 November 2011	Chelyabinsk, Russia	Uralskaya Molniya	1000 m	3rd
7	20 November 2011	Chelyabinsk, Russia	Uralskaya Molniya	1500 m	3rd
8	22 January 2012	Salt Lake City, USA		1000 m	2nd
9	11 February 2012	Hamar, Norway		1500 m	3rd
10	3 March 2012	Heerenveen, Netherlands		1500 m	2nd
11	4 March 2012	Heerenveen, Netherlands		1000 m	3rd
12	10 March 2012	Berlin, Germany		1500 m	2nd
13	2012/13	17 November 2012	Heerenveen, Netherlands		1500 m	2nd
14	24 November 2012	Kolomna, Russia		1500 m	1st
15	2 December 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan		1500 m	2nd
16	2 March 2013	Erfurt, Germany	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle	1500 m	3rd
17	2014/15	15 November 2014	Obihiro, Japan	Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval	1000 m	1st
18	16 November 2014	Obihiro, Japan	Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval	1500 m	2nd
19	22 November 2014	Seoul, South Korea		1500 m	1st
20	23 November 2014	Seoul, South Korea		1000 m	2nd
21	7 December 2014	Berlin, Germany		1500 m	3rd
22	14 December 2014	Heerenveen, Netherlands		1500 m	3rd
23	8 February 2015	Heerenveen, Netherlands		1000 m	2nd
24	22 March 2015	Erfurt, Germany	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle	1000 m	3rd
25	2015/16	6 December 2015	Inzell, Germany		1500 m	3rd
26	12 December 2015	Heerenveen, Netherlands		1000 m	3rd
27	13 December 2015	Heerenveen, Netherlands		1500 m	3rd
28	29 January 2016	Stavanger, Norway		1000 m	3rd
29	30 January 2016	Stavanger, Norway		1500 m	3rd
30	31 January 2016	Stavanger, Norway		1000 m	2nd
31	2016/17	12 November 2016	Harbin, China	Heilongjiang Indoor Rink	1000 m	2nd
32	13 November 2016	Harbin, China	Heilongjiang Indoor Rink	1500 m	2nd
33	20 November 2016	Nagano, Japan		1500 m	3rd
34	3 December 2016	Astana, Kazakhstan		1000 m	3rd
35	4 December 2016	Astana, Kazakhstan		1500 m	2nd
36	11 December 2016	Heerenveen, Netherlands		1000 m	2nd
37	28 January 2017	Berlin, Germany		1500 m	2nd
38	29 January 2017	Berlin, Germany		1000 m	2nd
39	2017/18	2 December 2017	Calgary, Canada		1000 m	3rd
40	3 December 2017	Calgary, Canada		1500 m	2nd
41	9 December 2017	Salt Lake City, USA		1500 m	2nd
42	19 January 2018	Erfurt, Germany	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle	1000 m	2nd
43	20 January 2018	Erfurt, Germany	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle	1500 m	2nd
44	17 March 2018	Minsk, Belarus		1000 m	1st
45	18 March 2018	Minsk, Belarus		1500 m	2nd

Team podiums

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

No.	Season	Date	Location	Venue	Discipline	Place
1	2008/09	16 November 2008	Heerenveen, Netherlands		Team pursuit	1st	with Ireen Wüst and Renate Groenewold
2	2010/11	28 November 2010	Hamar, Norway		Team pursuit	3rd	with Jorien Voorhuis and Marije Joling
3	30 January 2011	Moscow, Russia	Krylatskoye Skating Hall	Team pursuit	1st	with Ireen Wüst and Diane Valkenburg
4	2011/12	20 November 2011	Chelyabinsk, Russia	Uralskaya Molniya	Team pursuit	2nd	with Ireen Wüst and Diane Valkenburg
5	2012/13	18 November 2012	Heerenveen, Netherlands		Team pursuit	2nd	with Diane Valkenburg and Marije Joling
6	2 December 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan		Team pursuit	3rd	with Diane Valkenburg and Linda de Vries
7	3 March 2013	Erfurt, Germany	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle	Team pursuit	1st	with Ireen Wüst and Diane Valkenburg
8	8 March 2013	Heerenveen, Netherlands		Team pursuit	1st	with Ireen Wüst and Linda de Vries
9	2013/14	8 December 2013	Berlin, Germany		Team pursuit	1st	with Ireen Wüst and Jorien ter Mors
10	16 March 2014	Heerenveen, Netherlands		Team pursuit	1st	with Lotte van Beek and Linda de Vries
11	2014/15	15 November 2014	Obihiro, Japan	Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval	Team pursuit	1st	with Ireen Wüst and Marije Joling
12	6 December 2014	Berlin, Germany		Team pursuit	1st	with Ireen Wüst and Marije Joling
13	13 December 2014	Heerenveen, Netherlands		Team pursuit	1st	with Linda de Vries and Carlijn Achtereekte
14	2015/16	14 November 2015	Calgary, Canada		Team pursuit	1st	with Antoinette de Jong and Marije Joling
15	5 December 2015	Inzell, Germany		Team pursuit	2nd	with Antoinette de Jong and Marije Joling
16	12 December 2015	Heerenveen, Netherlands		Team pursuit	2nd	with Antoinette de Jong and Linda de Vries
17	12 March 2016	Heerenveen, Netherlands		Team pursuit	2nd	with Ireen Wüst and Antoinette de Jong
18	2016/17	12 November 2016	Harbin, China	Heilongjiang Indoor Rink	Team pursuit	1st	with Ireen Wüst and Antoinette de Jong
19	19 November 2016	Nagano, Japan		Team pursuit	1st	with Antoinette de Jong and Marije Joling
20	3 December 2016	Astana, Kazakhstan		Team pursuit	2nd	with Antoinette de Jong and Linda de Vries
21	13 March 2017	Stavanger, Norway		Team sprint	1st	with Floor van den Brandt and Anice Das
22	2017/18	8 December 2017	Salt Lake City, USA		Team pursuit	2nd	with Melissa Wijfje and Lotte van Beek
23	17 March 2018	Minsk, Belarus		Team pursuit	2nd	with Antoinette de Jong and Lotte van Beek
24	18 March 2018	Minsk, Belarus		Team sprint	2nd	with Letitia de Jong and Lotte van Beek

External links

• Marrit Leenstra at the International Skating Union
• Marrit 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marrit Leenstra (Personalia). 19 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121016055852/http://schaatsen.nl/topsport-langebaan/teams/hofmeier-schaatsploeg/marrit-leenstra. 16 October 2012. dead.
2. Web site: Marrit Leenstra. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 12 September 2012.
3. Web site: Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Girls. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 12 September 2012.
4. Web site: Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Girls. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 12 September 2012.
5. Web site: Evolution of the world record Mini combination Girls. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 12 September 2012.
6. Web site: Current world records Girls. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 12 September 2012.
7. Matteo e Marrit: un matrimonio tutto d'oro Corriere delle Alpi, 27 July 2014.
8. Web site: Mijn triple is goud waard . Leenstra . Marrit . 22 April 2011 . Schaatsen.nl . nl . 9 March 2014.
9. Web site: Marrit Leenstra heeft wéér pech rond een WK . 20 March 2012 . . nl . 9 March 2014.
10. Web site: Marrit Leenstra heeft 'niets met social media' . Caldenhoven . Mark . 13 February 2014 . . nl . 9 March 2014.
11. Web site: Marrit Leenstra . . ISU . International Skating Union . 2 February 2017.