# Mark Tuitert

Mark Jan Hendrik Tuitert (Dutch pronunciation:; born 4 April 1980) is a retired Dutch speed skater. He won gold at the 1500 m at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

## Personal life

Tuitert married fellow Dutch speed skater Helen van Goozen in 2009. Ten years before, they both won gold medals at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships.

## Speed skating career
### 2006 Olympic Games in Turin

Tuitert participated in the team pursuit event at the 2006 Winter Olympics, with teammates Sven Kramer, Carl Verheijen, Erben Wennemars and Rintje Ritsma. The Dutch team was a favourite and was leading Italy by nearly a full second in their semifinal matchup, but Sven Kramer stepped on a block and fell, taking Carl Verheijen with him. In the race for bronze they defeated Norway, giving Tuitert his first Olympic medal.

### 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia he won the gold medal in the 1500 m. In the 17th pair against Håvard Bøkko he set a new track record time (1:45.57), which had been in the hands of Shani Davis (1:46.19). In the last heat, Davis failed by 0.13 seconds to improve on Tuitert's time and finished second.
Until then, the only other Dutch Olympic gold medal winners in the 1500 meters speed skating were Kees Verkerk at the 1968 Winter Olympics and Ard Schenk at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

### 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Tuitert finished 10th in the 1000 m and 5th in the 1500 m.

### Other

Tuitert highest ranking on the adelskalender. was the 6th position between 30 December 2000 and 2 March 2001.

### Life after skating

After his speed skating career Tuitert co-founded First Energy Gum, a company which produces caffeinated Energy Gum for athletes. Tuitert is also a pundit in speed skating for Dutch broadcaster NOS and an online fitness coach for FitChannel.com. Further, he has a podcast called "Drive", in which he interviews a large variety of professionals (i.e. athletes, scientists, entrepreneurs) with a drive. In 2021 his book " Drive: train your stoic mindset" was published in the Netherlands (Drive: train je stoicijnse mindset).

## Records
### World records

| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
| 1500 meter | 1:48.45 | 20 March 1999 | Calgary | Junior world record until 17 March 2001 |
| 3000 meter | 3:48.56 | 19 March 1999 | Calgary | Junior world record until 21 March 2002 |
| 5000 meter | 6:33.26 | 20 March 1999 | Calgary | Junior world record until 3 March 2001 |
| Big combination classification | 151.691 | 11 January 2004 | Heerenveen | World record until 8 February 2004 |
| Team pursuit** | 3:46.44 | 21 November 2004 | Berlin | World record until 12 November 2005 |
* ** Together with Carl Verheijen and Erben Wennemars

### Personal records

To put his personal records in perspective, the column Notes lists the official world records on the dates that Tuitert skated his personal records.
Personal records :
| Men's speed skating |||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
| 500 meter | 35.20 | 27 December 2009 | Heerenveen | WR 34.03 |
| 1000 meter | 1:07.84 | 11 November 2007 | Salt Lake City | WR 1:07.00 |
| 1500 meter | 1:42.87 | 17 December 2007 | Salt Lake City | WR 1:42.32 |
| 3000 meter | 3.41.16 | 12 August 2005 | Salt Lake City | WR 3:39.02 |
| 5000 meter | 6:27.63 | 9 January 2004 | Heerenveen | WR 6:14.66 |
| 10000 meter | 13:38.91 | 11 January 2004 | Heerenveen | WR 12:58.92 |
| Big combination | 151.536 | 8 February 2004 | Hamar | WR 151.691 |
Source: marktuitert.nl
Tuitert has a score of 149.198 points on the Adelskalender

## Tournament overview

| Season | Dutch Championships Allround | European Championships Allround | World Championships Allround | Dutch Championships Sprint | World Championships Sprint | Dutch Championships Single Distances | World Championships Single Distances | Olympic Games | World Cup GWC | World Championships Juniors |
| 1997–98 | | | | | | | | | | ROSEVILLE 500m 4th 3000m 1500m 5000m overall |
| 1998–99 | THE HAGUE 13th 500m 6th 1500m 5000m 4th 10000m 4th overall | | | | | | | | | GIETHUS 500m 3000m 4th 1500m 5000m overall |
| 1999–00 | THE HAGUE 6th 500m 8th 5000m 6th 1500m 6th 10000m 6th overall | | | | | DEVENTER 5th 1500m 5th 5000m 6th 10000m | | | | |
| 2000–01 | HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 9th 5000m 1500m 5th 10000m overall | BASELGA di PINÈ 500m 5000m DNF 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall | | | | THE HAGUE 4th 1000m 1500m 9th 5000m | | | 18th 1500m | |
| 2001–02 | | | | | | GRONINGEN DNF 1000m 13th 1500m 18th 5000m | | | | |
| 2002–03 | ASSEN 500m 4th 5000m 6th 1500m 7th 10000m overall | HEERENVEEN 500m 6th 5000m 1500m 7th 10000m overall | GOTHENBURG 7th 500m 8th 5000m 1500m 4th 10000m 4th overall | | | UTRECHT 1500m 10th 5000m | | | 5th 1500m | |
| 2003–04 | EINDHOVEN 500m 11th 5000m 1500m 6th 10000m overall | HEERENVEEN 500m 5000m 1500m 5th 10000m overall | HAMAR 500m 7th 5000m 1500m 7th 10000m 5th overall | | | HEERENVEEN 6th 1000m 1500m 4th 5000m | SEOUL 1500m | | 1500m 17th 5000/10000m | |
| 2004–05 | HEERENVEEN 500m 7th 5000m 1500m 6th 10000m overall | HEERENVEEN 500m 7th 5000m 1500m 10th 10000m 4th overall | | | | ASSEN 4th 1000m 6th 1500m 12th 5000m | INZELL 1500m Team pursuit | | 1500m | |
| 2005–06 | UTRECHT 500m 4th 5000m 1500m 4th 10000m overall | | | ASSEN 8th 500m 5th 1000m 6th 500m 1000m 5th overall | | HEERENVEEN 5th 1000m 6th 1500m | | TURIN Team pursuit | 20th 1500m | |
| 2006–07 | HEERENVEEN 500m 7th 5000m 1500m 7th 10000m 4th overall | COLLALBO 4th 500m 11th 5000m 1500m 11th 10000m 8th overall | | | | ASSEN 5th 1000m DNF 1500m 5th 5000m | | | 11th 1500m 34th 5000/10000m | |
| 2007–08 | | | | HEERENVEEN 8th 500m 4th 1000m 10th 500m 5th 1000m 7th overall | | HEERENVEEN 4th 1000m 4th 1500m | NAGANO DNF 1000m 6th 1500m | | 8th 1000m 1500m Team pursuit | |
| 2008–09 | | | | GRONINGEN 10th 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall | MOSCOW 13th 500m 6th 1000m 17th 500m 9th 1000m 9th overall | HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 1500m | VANCOUVER 9th 1500m | | 25th 100m 17th 500m 7th 1000m 5th 1500m 7th Team pursuit | |
| 2009–10 | | | | GRONINGEN 6th 500m 1000m 5th 500m 1000m overall | | HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 1500m | | VANCOUVER 5th 1000m 1500m Team pursuit | 34th 500m 1000m 4th 1500m | |
| 2010–11 | | | | | | HEERENVEEN 5th 500m DSQ 1000m 1500m | INZELL DSQ 1500m | | 21st 1000m 7th 1500m | |
| 2011–12 | | | | HEERENVEEN 11th 500m 8th 1000m 11th 500m 5th 1000m 8th overall | | HEERENVEEN 8th 500m 6th 1000m 5th 1500m | | | 31st 500m 7th 1500m | |
| 2012–13 | | | | GRONINGEN 8th 500m 4th 1000m 6th 500m 1000m 4th overall | SALT LAKE CITY DNF 500m DNF 1000m DNQ 500m DNQ 1000m NC overall | | SOCHI DNF 1000m 7th 1500m | | 12th 1000m 15th 1500m | |
| 2013–14 | | | | AMSTERDAM 12th 500m 7th 1000m 7th 500m 5th 1000m 7th overall | | HEERENVEEN 10th 500m 11th 1000m 4th 1500m | | SOCHI 10th 1000m 5th 1500m | NC 500 14th 1000m 8th 1500m | |
Source:

## 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 | 500 meter |
| 2000–2001 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2001–2002 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2002–2003 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2003–2004 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2004–2005 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2005–2006 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2006–2007 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2007–2008 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2008–2009 | 11th | 15th | DSQ | 15th | 10th | 11th | – | – | 11th | 13th | 15th | 15th | 22nd |
| 2009–2010 | 18th | 18th | DSQ(b) | 10th(b) | – | – | – | – | 13th | 14th | – | – | |
| 2010–2011 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2011–2012 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2012–2013 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Season | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter |
| 2000–2001 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2001–2002 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2002–2003 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2003–2004 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2004–2005 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2005–2006 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2006–2007 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2007–2008 | 28th | 10th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 16th | – | 6th | 5th | 7th |
| 2008–2009 | 9th | 11th | 4th | 5th | – | – | 10th | | 17th | 16th |
| 2009–2010 | 4th | 4th | 5th | – | | | | | | |
| 2010–2011 | 5th | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | | |
| 2011–2012 | – | – | 1st(b) | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 2012–2013 | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 1st(b) | 6th | | |
| Season | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter |
| 2000–2001 | 6th | 7th | – | – | | | |
| 2001–2002 | | | | | | | |
| 2002–2003 | 4th | 10th | – | 10th | | 6th | |
| 2003–2004 | | | | | | | |
| 2004–2005 | | | 8th | 6th | | | |
| 2005–2006 | DNF | 1st(b) | 10th | DNF | – | | |
| 2006–2007 | – | – | – | 2nd(b) | | 6th | |
| 2007–2008 | 10th | | 5th | | 5th | | 5th |
| 2008–2009 | 4th | | | 19th | 8th | 7th | |
| 2009–2010 | 5th | 4th | 6th | 6th | – | 4th | |
| 2010–2011 | | 10th | 10th | | | 9th | |
| 2011–2012 | 6th | 8th | 6th | – | – | 4th | |
| 2012–2013 | – | – | – | 8th | 8th | 7th | |
| Season | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter |
| 2000–2001 | | | | | | |
| 2001–2002 | | | | | | |
| 2002–2003 | | | | | | |
| 2003–2004 | 7th | –* | 9th | – | – | –* |
| 2004–2005 | | | | | | |
| 2005–2006 | | | | | | |
| 2006–2007 | – | 1st(b) | –* | – | –* | – |
| 2007–2008 | | | | | | |
| 2008–2009 | | | | | | |
| 2009–2010 | | | | | | |
| 2010–2011 | | | | | | |
| 2011–2012 | | | | | | |
| 2012–2013 | | | | | | |
| Season | Team Pursuit | Team Pursuit | Team Pursuit | Team Pursuit |
| 2000–2001 | | | | |
| 2001–2002 | | | | |
| 2002–2003 | | | | |
| 2003–2004 | | | | |
| 2004–2005 | – | | – | |
| 2005–2006 | | | | |
| 2006–2007 | | | | |
| 2007–2008 | 6th | – | – | – |
| 2008–2009 | | | | |
| 2009–2010 | | | | |
| 2010–2011 | | | | |
| 2011–2012 | | | | |
| 2012–2013 | | | | |
Source:
* NC = No classification
* DSQ = Disqualified
* DNF = Did not finish
* DNQ = Did not qualify
* * = 10000 meter

## Medals won

| Championship | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Dutch Allround | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| European Allround | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| World Allround | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dutch Sprint | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Dutch Single Distance | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| World Single Distance | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Olympic Games | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| World Cup 1000m | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| World Cup 1500m | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| World Cup Team pursuit | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| World Cup GWC Classification | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| World Junior Allround | 4 | 2 | 2 |