Gerben Jorritsma

Netherlands

Sport	Speed Skating
FederationID	SSNED12108199301
NOC	Netherlands
Born	21 Aug 1993 in Diever
Gender	Men

Residence	Heerenveen, NED
Languages	Dutch
Family	Partner Marie

Personal Bests	Event	Record	Date	Location
Personal Bests
	Event	Record	Date	Location
	500m	34.53	22 Nov 2015	Salt Lake City, UT
	1000m	1:07.20	14 Nov 2015	Calgary
	1500m	1:44.43	20 Nov 2015	Salt Lake City, UT
	5000m	6:47.28	11 Mar 2012	Breda

General Interest

Injuries

He suffered a groin injury in late 2015. He returned to competition at the 2016 Dutch National Championships. (schaatsen.nl, 21 Jan 2016)

Sport Specific Information

Reason for choosing this sport	His mother encouraged him to take up speed skating in the winter to keep him fit for roller skating.
When and where did you begin this sport?	He began roller skating as a young child with the skating club Lindenoord in Wolvega, Netherlands. He later progressed to speed skating.

General Interest

Other information

RETIREMENT
He retired from competitive speed skating in December 2020 to start a job building yachts. "I make everything out of carbon. Yes, it is a bit different from sports, but I like it. I would have liked to continue skating for another year, but unfortunately it was not to be." (schaatsen.nl, 04 Dec 2020)

Social Media

www.facebook.com/gerben.jorritsma
twitter.com/gerbenjorritsma

World Cups	Year	Competition	Event	Rank
World Cups
	2015/2016	Calgary, AB	1000m	1
	2015/2016	World Cup Classification	1000m	3
	2014/2015	Erfurt	500m	3
	2015/2016	Salt Lake City, UT	1000m	3
	2015/2016	World Cup Classification	1500m	12
	2014/2015	World Cup Classification	500m	15
	2015/2016	World Cup Classification	Overall	18
	2016/2017	World Cup Classification	Mass Start 16 Laps	22
	2015/2016	World Cup Classification	500m	23
	2014/2015	World Cup Classification	Mass Start 16 Laps	26
	2014/2015	World Cup Classification	Overall	44
	2016/2017	World Cup Classification	1000m	45