Marwin Talsma
Netherlands
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSNED11912199701 | |
| NOC | Netherlands | |
| Born | 19 Dec 1997
in  Sneek | |
| Gender | Men |
| Residence | Grouw, NED | |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | Dutch |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 37.96 | 16 Jan 2021 | Heerenveen |
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| 1000m | 1:14.40 | 16 Mar 2017 |  Calgary |
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| 1500m | 1:46.20 | 27 Dec 2020 | Heerenveen |
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| 5000m | 6:13.18 | 24 Jan 2021 | Heerenveen |
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| 10000m | 12:50.91 | 31 Oct 2021 | Heerenveen |
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Main Achievements |
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World Junior Championships
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| 5000m | 1 | |||||
| Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 1 | |||||
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Team Frysk: Netherlands |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hobbies | Sailing. (schaatsen.nl, 02 Sep 2021) | |
| Famous relatives | His mother Helma Regts has served as a coach at Dutch speed skating club Team FrySk. His grandfather Geert Regts won a Dutch national short track title in 1963. His siblings Dyon and Kim have both competed in speed skating for Team FrySk in the Netherlands. (schaatsen.nl, 02 Sep 2021; volkskrant.nl, 20 Nov 2020; proskating.nl, 01 Apr 2020) | |
| Hero / Idol | Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer. (nu.nl, 18 Jan 2021) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Siep Hoekstra [club], NED; Rintje Ritsma [national], NED |
General Interest
General Interest
| Other information | MARINA LIFE He has worked at his father's marina in Grouw, Netherlands. In 2018 he bought a second-hand boat and began rebuilding it. "I have always said that one day I wanted to live on a boat. This is going to be it. Ultimately, it is my ambition to take over and run the marina." (frieschdagblad.nl, 15 Jan 2021; skatenl.nl, 27 Dec 2020; volkskrant.nl, 20 Nov 2020) |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/Marwin-Talsma-1997540850360168 | twitter.com/marwintalsma |
General Interest
General Interest
| Injuries | In 2023 he fell while riding a bike and sustained a broken collarbone. (schaatsen.nl, 02 Jun 2023) He tore ligaments in his ankle in a training accident in June 2020. (schaatsen.nl, 02 Sep 2021) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | "My grandfather was a short track skater and my mother also skated. That's how we got into skating.'' |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | His parents. (teamnl.org, 13 Jan 2021) | |
| Ambitions | To compete at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (omropfryslan.nl, 04 Apr 2022) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "You have to keep believing in yourself, even when the going gets tough." (teamnl.org, 13 Jan 2021) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2020/2021 | European Allround Championships | Allround | 7 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 5000/10000m | 8 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup Classification | 5000m | 18 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 5000/10000m | 18 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | 5000/10000m | 32 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 5000/10000m | 35 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 5000/10000m | 44 | |||