Hendrik "Hein" Otterspeer (born 11 November 1988) is a Dutch speed skater who specialises in the sprint distances.

Hein Otterspeer
Otterspeer in 2013
Personal information
Full nameHendrik Otterspeer
Born (1988-11-11) 11 November 1988 (age 35)
Gouda, Netherlands
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
World Single Distances Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Heerenveen Team sprint
World Sprint Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Astana Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Salt Lake City Sprint
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Heerenven Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2023 Hamar Sprint

Career edit

Otterspeer finished second in the 2014 Dutch sprint championships, held at the Olympisch Stadium in Amsterdam. In January 2015, he became the Dutch sprint champion in Groningen. He finished second at the 2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, behind Pavel Kulizhnikov.

From 2011 through 2014, he was a member of Team Beslist; since 2015, Otterspeer has been a member of Team LottoNL-Jumbo.

Personal records edit

Personal records
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 34.48 29 January 2012 Calgary
1000 m 1:07.14 2 December 2017 Calgary
1500 m 1:47.68 9 September 2016 Inzell
3000 m 4:04.11 20 October 2007 Erfurt
5000 m 7:14.47 24 November 2007 Eindhoven

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[1]

Tournament overview edit


Season
Dutch
Championships
Allround
Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances
Dutch
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Single
Distances
World
Cup
GWC
European
Championships
Sprint
Olympic
Games

2007–08
GRONINGEN

5th 500m
23rd 5000m
20th 1500m
DNQ 10000m
NC(22) overall

2008–09
HEERENVEEN

23rd 500m

2009–10
HEERENVEEN

15th 500m
19th 1000m
GRONINGEN

17th 500m
18th 1000m
16th 500m
20th 1000m
17th overall

2010–11
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
4th 1000m
13th 1500m
HEERENVEEN

24th 500m
6th 1000m
  500m
7th 1000m
20th overall

16th 500m
13th 1000m

2011–12
HEERENVEEN

5th 500m
DQ 1000m
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
  500m
9th 1000m
  overall
CALGARY

8th 500m
11th 1000m
5th 500m
8th 1000m
7th overall
HEERENVEEN

6th 1000m

20th 500m
23rd 1000m

2012–13
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
GRONINGEN

4th 500m
  1000m
5th 500m
5th 1000m
  overall
SALT LAKE CITY

17th 500m
  1000m
18th 500m
  1000m
  overall

14th 500m
  1000m

2013–14
HEERENVEEN

9th 500m
8th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall

34th 500m
36th 1000m

2014–15
HEERENVEEN

5th 500m
4th 1000m
GRONINGEN

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
ASTANA

10th 500m
  1000m
  500m
4th 1000m
  overall
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
5th 1000m

12th 500m
7th 1000m

2015–16
HEERENVEEN

5th 500m
5th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

  500m
24th 1000m
5th 500m
  1000m
21st overall

18th 500m

2016–17
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m
9th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

8th 500m
  1000m
7th 500m
DNS 1000m
NC overall

2017–18
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
6th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall

  500m
9th 1000m

2018–19
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m
4th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m
6th 1000m
10th 500m
8th 1000m
8th overall

34th 500m
25th 1000m

2019–20
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
DQ 1000m
HEERENVEEN

5th 500m
DQ 1000m
  500m
DNQ 1000m
NC overall

23rd 500m
19th 1000m

2020–21
HEERENVEEN

  500m
4th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall

6th 500m
  1000m
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
5th 500m
4th 1000m
  overall

2021–22
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m

15th 500m
  1000m
BEIJING

10th 1000m

2022–23
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
  1000m
4th 500m
  1000m
  overall
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
6th 1000m
  team sprint

19th 500m
  1000m
HAMAR

5th 500m
  1000m
11th 500m
  1000m
  overall

Source:[2][3][4]

World Cup overview edit

Season 500 meter
2010–2011 2nd(b) 2nd(b) 11th 10th 18th 19th 15th 14th 16th 8th 12th 16th
2011–2012 4th(b) 1st(b)   9th 7th 15th
2012–2013 7th 13th 9th 15th 9th 13th 11th 16th 9th 13th 16th 7th
2013–2014 4th(b) 4th(b) DNF 2nd(b)
2014–2015 4th 17th 6th 11th 13th 10th 8th 10th 7th
2015–2016 DNF 16th 19th 26th 5th 8th 14th 10th
2016–2017
2017–2018   5th     10th 8th 13th    
2018–2019 19th 4th(b) 2nd(b)
2019–2020 3rd(b) 14th 7th(b) 2nd(b) 19th
2020–2021 7th 10th 18th  
2021–2022 12th 8th 14th 15th 7th DQ 13th 12th
2022–2023 19th 6th(b) 1st(b) 4th 1st(b)
Season 1000 meter
2010–2011 13th 8th 11th 9th 9th 10th
2011–2012 DNF(b) 7th 7th
2012–2013 5th 17th       6th   11th 10th
2013–2014 13th
2014–2015 8th 13th     4th
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018 1st(b)   6th
2018–2019 13th 11th DQ 2nd(b)
2019–2020 4th  
2020–2021 5th 4th
2021–2022   8th    
2022–2023 6th 8th   4th    

Source:[5] [6]

  • GWC = Grand World Cup
  • – = Did not participate
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • (b) = World Cup division B
  • DNF = Did not finish

References edit

  1. ^ "Hein Otterspeer". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Hein Otterspeer". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Hein Otterspeer". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Hein Otterspeer". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Hein Otterspeer". SpeedSkatingNews.
  6. ^ "Events". International skating union. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

External links edit