# Hein Otterspeer

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

## Career

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

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

## Tournament overview

| 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 | |
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## World Cup overview

| Season | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 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 | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 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:
* GWC = Grand World Cup
* – = Did not participate
* DQ = Disqualified
* (b) = World Cup division B
* DNF = Did not finish