Quick Facts
Biography
Margot Madelaine Boer (born 7 August 1985) is a Dutch former speed skater. She is specialised in the 500, 1000 and 1500 m.
Sports career
After spending a few years at local teams in the South Holland area, Boer was seen as one of the Netherlands main future talents and was offered a contract at the KNSB youth development team for the 2006–07 season. In the years before she already participated in several World Cup meetings.
Her first success in her new team was winning a gold medal on the 500 m at the 2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships. She won the both races beating all the opponents, including favourites such as Marianne Timmer and Annette Gerritsen.
2010 Winter Olympics
Boer qualified to participate in all of her specialty distances at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She just missed out on medals in each of them, coming in 4th on both the 500 and 1500 m and 6th on the 1000 m, 0.22, 0.14, and 0.22 seconds from winning a bronze medal, respectively.
2014 Winter Olympics
On 11 February 2014, Boer won the bronze medal in the women's 500 m longtrack speedskating event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. This is the first medal at the Olympic women's 500 m longtrack speedskating event for the Netherlands. Two days later on 13 February 2014 Boer also won the bronze medal in the women's longtrack 1000 m event, making her the nation's first female skater to win Olympic medals on both sprint distances.
Performance
Personal records
| Personal records | ||||
| Women's speed skating | ||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | 37.28 | 15 November 2013 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| 1000 m | 1:13.77 | 17 November 2013 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| 1500 m | 1:57.00 | 29 December 2013 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
| 3000 m | 4:35.70 | 26 February 2005 | IJsbaan van Groningen, Groningen | |
| 5000 m | 8:12.56 | 26 February 2006 | IJsbaan van Groningen, Groningen | |
Results timeline
| Season | Dutch SD | Dutch Sprint | World Sprint | World SD | Olympic Games | World Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–04 | 20th 1000 m | 14th | Did not participate | Not held | Did not participate | |
| 2004–05 | 8th 500 m 14th 1000 m | Did not participate | 35th 500 m 20th 1000 m | |||
| 2005–06 | 6th 500 m 11th 1000 m | 6th | Did not participate | 14th 100 m 18th 500 m 18th 1000 m | ||
| 2006–07 |  500 m5th 1000 m 5th 1500 m |  | 6th | 10th 2x500 m 7th 1000 m | Not held | 19th 100 m 8th 500 m 12th 1000 m 30th 1500 m |
| 2007–08 |  500 m22nd 1000 m | | Did not participate | 30th 500 m 13th 1000 m 26th 1500 m | ||
| 2008–09 | 500 m 7th 1000 m 17th 1500 m | | 4th | 6th 2x500 m 1000 m | 21st 100 m 500 m 5th 1000 m | |
| 2009–10 | 500 m 1000 m | | Did not participate | Not held | 4th 2x500 m 6th 1000 m 4th 1500 m | 500 m 1000 m 13th 1500 m |
| 2010–11 | 500 m 1000 m 7th 1500 m | | | 7th 2x500 m 6th 1000 m | Not held | 500 m 1000 m 17th 1500 m |
| 2011–12 | 500 m 4th 1000 m 4th 1500 m | | 4th | 9th 2x500 m 1000 m | 4th 500 m 4th 1000 m 16th 1500 m | |
| 2012–13 | 500 m 7th 1000 m | | 7th | 16th 2x500 m | 8th 500 m 10th 1000 m | |
| 2013–14 | 500 m 4th 1000 m 7th 1500 m | | 4th | Not held | 2x500 m 1000 m | 6th 500 m 5th 1000 m 11th GWC |
| 2014–15 | 500 m 8th 1000 m 15th 1500 m | | 7th | 11th 2x500 m | Not held | 8th 500 m 19th 1000 m 24th GWC |
| 2015–16 | 500 m 5th 1000 m | | 11th 2x500 m | |||