Stefan Groothuis Explained

Stefan Groothuis
Country:	Netherlands
Headercolor:	d7ecff
Birth Date:	1981 11, df=y
Birth Place:	Empe, Netherlands
Height:	1.81 m^[1]
Weight:	78 kg
Turnedpro:	2003
Retired:	2016

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]

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

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com^[3]

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	18th 500m 25th 1000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		7th 500m 12th 3000m 1500m 12th 5000m 6th overall
2001–02	11th 500m 6th 1000m 12th 1500m	11th 500m 6th 1000m 9th 500m 9th 1000m 7th overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2002–03	8th 500m 4th 1000m 16th 1500m	8th 500m 6th 1000m 9th 500m 5th 1000m 6th overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		29th 1000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2003–04	7th 500m 9th 1000m 22nd 1500m	8th 500m 6th 1000m 11th 500m 8th 1000m 8th overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2004–05	6th 500m 7th 1000m 5th 1500m	7th 500m 6th 1000m 7th 500m 6th 1000m 4th overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		24th 1000m 34th 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2005–06	4th 1000m 8th 1500m	5th 500m 1000m 8th 500m 1000m overall		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			9th 1000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2006–07	6th 500m 1000m 8th 1500m	7th 500m 1000m 8th 500m 5th 1000m 5th overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		45th 500m 5th 1000m 9th 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2007–08	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2008–09	4th 500m 1000m 5th 1500m	500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m overall		15th 500m 4th 1000m 7th 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		27th 100m 19th 500m 1000m 9th 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2009–10			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			23rd 500m 1000m 6th 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2010–11				1000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		15th 500m 1000m 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2011–12					bgcolor=#EEEEEE		15th 500m 1000m 6th 1500m GWC	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2012–13					bgcolor=#EEEEEE		7th 1000m 24th 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2013–14			bgcolor=#EEEEEE				41st 500m 8th 1000m 22nd 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2014–15			bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		4th 1000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2015–16		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		32nd 1000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE

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

World Cup overview

500 meter




–	–	–	–	–	3rd(b)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

12th	17th	15th	17th	15th	14th	–	–	12th	14th	16th	9th	19th
11th	17th	12th	18th	11th(b)	DNF	–	–	14th	8th	–	–
6th	7th	16th	13th	20th	16th	–	–	12th	10th	5th	–
5th	12th		–	12th	–	8th	–	4th	–	–	–
–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13th(b)	–	–	–	-
–	–	11th(b)	–	–	3rd(b)	–	–	–	–	–	–

Season	1000 meter
	18th	17th	16th	18th	–	–	–	–	–

2004–2005	21st	20th	1st(b)	3rd(b)	–	–	–	–	–
		16th	7th	DQ	18th		–	–	–	5th
	7th	5th	18th	5th		6th	6th	6th	4th	11th

		6th			–	–			6th	4th
	DNF	1st(b)	4th	–
		5th			–
			4th				4th
	–	–	–	–	–	7th	8th
	10th	DQ	7th	–		6th
	9th		6th	11th	6th		10th
	DQ	5th(b)	–	3rd(b)	–	–	–

1500 meter


–	3rd(b)	–	–	–

–	–	–	1st(b)	8th	5th

10th		8th	11th	5th	–
4th		17th	5th	–	5th
4th		9th	4th	–
	6th	12th		5th	15th
–	–	–	19th	1st(b)	18th
–	–	3rd(b)	–	11th	11th

– = 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]

External links

- Stefan Groothuis at SpeedSkatingStats.com
  - Stefan Groothuis at SchaatsStatistieken.nl

Notes and References

Stefan Groothuis . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081218/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/stefan-groothuis-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . February 7, 2014.
News: Groothuis pakt prachtige gouden medaille op 1000 meter, Mulder brons . February 21, 2014 . . nl . February 12, 2014.
Web site: Stefan Groothuis . speedskatingresults.com . February 27, 2012.
Web site: Stefan Groothuis. speedskatingstats.com . 16 November 2022.
Web site: Stefan Groothuis. speedskatingnews.info . 23 November 2022.
Web site: Stefan Groothuis. speedskatingresults.com . 23 November 2022.
Web site: Stefan Groothuis. ISU.org. 23 November 2022.
Web site: Stefan Groothuis . www.sskating.com . February 27, 2012.