Lotte van Beek

Netherlands

Residence	Netherlands
Languages	Dutch, English, German

Personal Bests	Event	Record	Date	Location
Personal Bests
	Event	Record	Date	Location
	500m	38.25	26 Jan 2013	Salt Lake City, UT
	1000m	1:13.36	10 Nov 2013	Calgary
	3000m	4:09.04	20 Oct 2018	Inzell
	5000m	7:32.59	17 Feb 2013	Hamar

Main Achievements
Main Achievements
Olympic Games	Event
Olympic Games
	1500m			1
	Team Pursuit	1	1
World Junior Championships	Event
World Junior Championships
	500m		1
	1000m	1
	Team Pursuit	1
	Allround	1		1
World Single Distances Championships	Event
World Single Distances Championships
	1500m		1
European Single Distances Championships	Event
European Single Distances Championships
	1500m	1
	Team Pursuit	1

Sport Specific Information

Reason for choosing this sport	"My parents love skating on natural ice. They wanted to give me the same experience and signed me up with a skating club so I could learn how to do it and join them."
When and where did you begin this sport?	She got her first skates at age two or three. She first skated on natural ice near her house with her parents and then joined the Deventer IJsclub in the Netherlands at age seven.

General Interest

Most influential person in career

US speed skater Brittany Bowe. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2018)

Social Media

General Interest

Injuries	She has experienced lung problems caused by asthma during her career. The issue led her to miss the 2020 Dutch Sprint Championships and ended her 2019/20 season early. (rtvoost.nl, 30 Oct 2021; emerce.nl, 14 Jul 2021) She tore the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her right knee while skiing in April 2014. She had surgery on the injury the following month. (teamcorendon.nl, 29 May 2014; telegraaf.nl, 24 Apr 2014)
Memorable sporting achievement	Winning a total of three medals [one gold, one silver and one bronze] at the Olympic Winter Games. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2018)
Hero / Idol	US speed skater Shani Davis. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2018)
Sporting philosophy / motto	"Every setback is a challenge to overcome." (Athlete, 21 Nov 2018)

Championships results	Year	Competition	Event	Rank
Championships results
	2014	Olympic Games	Team Pursuit 6 Laps	1
	2017/2018	European Single Distances Championships	Team Pursuit 6 Laps	1
	2017/2018	European Single Distances Championships	1500m	1
	2018	Olympic Games	Team Pursuit 6 Laps	2
	2012/2013	World Single Distances Championships	1500m	2
	2012/2013	World Allround Championships	500m	3
	2014	Olympic Games	1500m	3
	2017/2018	European Single Distances Championships	1000m	4
	2018	Olympic Games	1500m	4
	2014	Olympic Games	1000m	5
	2012/2013	World Allround Championships	Allround	7
	2009/2010	World Sprint Championships	Overall	15
	2014	Olympic Games	2 x 500m	16
	2018	Olympic Games	500m	23

World Cups	Year	Competition	Event	Rank
World Cups
	2013/2014	Heerenveen	Team Pursuit 6 Laps	1
	2013/2014	Calgary, AB	Team Pursuit 6 Laps	1
	2013/2014	Calgary, AB	1500m	1
	2013/2014	World Cup Classification	1500m	2
	2017/2018	Minsk	Team Sprint	2
	2017/2018	Minsk	Team Pursuit 6 Laps	2
	2017/2018	Salt Lake City, UT	Team Pursuit 6 Laps	2
	2018/2019	Obihiro	Team Pursuit 6 Laps	2
	2013/2014	Calgary, AB	1000m	2
	2012/2013	Heerenveen	1500m	2
	2013/2014	Heerenveen	1500m	2
	2018/2019	Hamar	1500m	2
	2013/2014	Inzell	1500m	2
	2018/2019	Hamar	1000m	3
	2017/2018	Minsk	1500m	3
	2017/2018	Heerenveen	1500m	3
	2013/2014	Heerenveen	1000m	3
	2012/2013	Heerenveen	1000m	3
	2013/2014	Berlin	1500m	3
	2012/2013	Nagano	1000m	3
	2017/2018	Stavanger	1500m	3
	2012/2013	Nagano	1000m	3
	2012/2013	Heerenveen	1500m	3
	2013/2014	World Cup Classification	1000m	4
	2017/2018	World Cup Classification	1500m	4
	2018/2019	World Cup Classification	1500m	4
	2013/2014	World Cup Classification	Overall	5
	2012/2013	World Cup Classification	1500m	5
	2012/2013	World Cup Classification	1000m	7
	2012/2013	World Cup Classification	Overall	10
	2021/2022	World Cup Classification	1000m	10
	2018/2019	World Cup Classification	1000m	14
	2017/2018	World Cup Classification	Overall	20
	2017/2018	World Cup Classification	1000m	21
	2021/2022	World Cup Classification	1500m	39