Kjeld Nuis (Dutch pronunciation: [kjɛlt nœys]; born in Leiden 10 November 1989) is a Dutch speed skater.[1]

Kjeld Nuis
Nuis in 2018
Personal information
Nationality Dutch
Born (1989-11-10) 10 November 1989 (age 34)
Leiden, Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Website www.kjeldnuis.nl
Sport
Country Netherlands
Sport Speed skating
Event(s) 1000 m, 1500 m
Club Team Jumbo-Visma

Nuis specializes over the middle distances of 1000 and 1500 meters. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, he won the gold medal at the 1500 m and 1000 m events. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, he successfully defended his title on the 1500 m. He is the current holder of the world record over 1500 meters.

Career edit

Nuis is a three-time Olympic champion, having won Olympic gold in both the 1000 and 1500 meters at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He won another gold in the 1500 meters four years later, improving Derek Parra's twenty-year-old Olympic Record to 1:43:21 in the process. He is also a two-time world single-distance champion over 1000 and 1500 meters. He is a multi-time world single distance medalist over 1000 and 1500 meters, a four-time season overall World Cup winner of the 1000 meters distance, and a two-time winner over 1500 meters.

On 10 March 2019, he set the world record for the 1500-meter event to 1:40:17 in the Utah Olympic Oval during the finals of the 2018–19 World Cup tour. A day earlier, in the same event, he also improved the 1000 meters world record to 1:06:18, which stood until bested by Pavel Kulizhnikov on 15 February 2020.

In Savalen, Norway on 17 March 2022, he set a new world speed skating record of 103 kilometers per hour, beating his previous 4-year-old record by 10 km/h.[2][3]

Personal life edit

From 2014 until the end of 2018, Nuis was in a relationship with Miss Nederland World [nl] 2011 Jill Lauren de Robles. They have a son.

On 19 December 2018, Nuis was named Dutch Sportsman of the Year 2018 at the NOC NSF Sport Gala.

He lives in Emmen.[4]

Records edit

Personal records edit

Personal records[5]
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 meter 34.79 13 November 2015 Calgary
1000 meter 1:06.18 9 March 2019 Salt Lake City Former World record.[6]
1500 meter 1:40.17 10 March 2019 Salt Lake City Current World record.
3000 meter 3:46.18 11 October 2014 Inzell
5000 meter 7:21.30 2 February 2008 Sport centre Kardinge [nl] {{{5}}}

World records established edit

Nr. Event Result Date Location Notes
1. 1000 meter 1:06.18 9 March 2019 Salt Lake City World record until 12 February 2020
2. 1500 meter 1:40.17 10 March 2019 Salt Lake City Current world record

Tournament overview edit


Season
Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances
Dutch
Championships
Sprint
European
Championships
Single
Distances
European
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Single
Distances
 
Olympic
Games
World
Cup
GWC

2009–10
HEERENVEEN

16th 500m
11th 1000m
6th 1500m
HEERENVEEN

11th 500m
4th 1000m
4th 500m
4th 1000m
5th overall

51st 1000m
10th 1500m

2010–11
HEERENVEEN

5th 500m
DQ 1000
7th 500m
DNS 1000m
NC overall
HEERENVEEN

8th 500m
5th 1000m
17th 500m
4th 1000m
5th overall
INZELL

  1000m

19th 1000m
20th 1500m

2011–12
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m
  1000m
  1500m
HEERENVEEN

24th 500m
  1000m
8th 500m
7th 1000m
23rd overall
HEERENVEEN

  1000m
8th 1500m

  1000m
  1500m
  GWC

2012–13
HEERENVEEN

5th 500m
  1000m
  1500m
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
7th 1000m
  500m
7th 1000m
6th overall
SOCHI

4th 1000m
10th 1500m

20th 500m
  1000m
11th 1500m

2013–14
HEERENVEEN

500m
  1000m
  1500m
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
  1000m
4th 500m
  1000m
  overall
GANGNEUNG

18th 500m
  1000m
8th 500m
4th 1000m
5th overall
'
39th 500m
  1000m
10th 1500m
11th GWC

2014–15
HEERENVEEN

11th 500m
  1000m
4th 1500m
HEERENVEEN

9th 500m
  1000m
10th 500m
  1000m
4th overall
HEERENVEEN

  1000m
9th 1500m

  1000m
  1500m
4th GWC

2015–16
HEERENVEEN

  1000m
  1500m
SEOUL

14th 500m
  1000m
16th 500m
  1000m
  overall
KOLOMNA

  1000m
  1500m

  1000m
  1500m
  GWC

2016–17
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
  1000m
  1500m
HEERENVEEN

9th 500m
  1000m
7th 500m
  1000m
  overall
CALGARY

18th 500m
  1000m
16th 500m
  1000m
  overall
GANGNEUNG

  1000m
  1500m

40th 500m
  1000m
  1500m
  GWC

2017–18
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m
  1000m
6th 1500m
CHANGCHUNG

12th 500m
  1000m
14th 500m
  1000m
  overall
GANGNEUNG

  1000m
  1500m

35th 500m
  1000m
15th 1500m

2018–19
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
  1000m
  1500m
COLLALBO

  500m
DQ 1000m
4th 500m
DNS 1000m
NC overall
HEERENVEEN

9th 500m
  1000m
7th 500m
  1000m
  overall
INZELL

  1000m
5th 1500m
  Team sprint

37th 500m
  1000m
  1500m

2019–20
HAMAR

15th 500m
4th 1000m
11th 500m
  1000m
7th overall
SALT LAKE CITY

  1000m
  1500m

4th 1000m
  1500m
  Team sprint

2020–21
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m–1
DNS 500m–2
  1000m
HEERENVEEN

DQ 500m
  1000m
7th 500m
DNQ 1000m
NC overall
HEERENVEEN

  1500m

  1500m

2021–22
HEERENVEEN

8th 500m–1
DNS 500m–2
4th 1000m
  1500m
HEERENVEEN

  1000m
  1500m
BEIJING

  1500m

1000m  
1500m  

2022–23
HEERENVEEN

  1000m
  1500m
HEERENVEEN

9th 500m
  1000m
7th 500m
  1000m
5th overall
HEERENVEEN

4th 1000m
  1500m

21st 1000m
  1500m

Source:[7][8][9]

World Cup overview edit

Season 500 meter
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013 15th 8th 14th 18th 2nd(b) 14th 14th 12th
2013–2014 20th 17th 18th
2014–2015
2015–2016 13th 6th(b) 3rd(b) 2nd(b)
2016–2017 1st(b) DQ
2017–2018 1st(b)
2018–2019 13th 1st(b)
2019–2020
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023
Season 1000 meter
2009–2010 7th(b)
2010–2011 1st(b) 5th
2011–2012       DQ 8th    
2012–2013   5th   4th 4th   4th 9th  
2013–2014     7th  
2014–2015     12th        
2015–2016              
2016–2017        
2017–2018 7th 4th      
2018–2019          
2019–2020       5th
2020–2021
2021–2022        
2022–2023 7th 1st(b)  
Season 1500 meter
2009–2010 1st(b) 13th 19th  
2010–2011 9th 1st(b)
2011–2012 4th 5th   7th    
2012–2013 9th 8th 4th
2013–2014   7th 6th 10th
2014–2015     8th 5th   6th
2015–2016 4th         5th
2016–2017 1st(b)        
2017–2018  
2018–2019     5th  
2019–2020        
2020–2021    
2021–2022 6th 7th 11th  
2022–2023          
Season Team sprint
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020    
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023

Source:[10]

– = Did not participate
(b) = Division B
DQ = Disqualified
NC = No classification

Medals won edit

Championship Gold
 
Silver
 
Bronze
 
Dutch Single Distances 8 5 2
Dutch Sprint 1 3 4
European Sprint 2 1 1
European Single Distances 1 1 0
World Sprint 9 2 3
World Single Distance 4 5 3
Olympic Games 3 0 0
World Cup 36 29 25

References edit

  1. ^ "Kjeld Nuis (own site)". kjeldnuis.nl. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Nu wel snelheidsrecord Kjeld Nuis: schaatser door de magische grens van 100 km/u". De Telegraaf. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ^ Speed skater Kjeld Nuis cracks 100 km/h barrier in Norway, retrieved 25 November 2023
  4. ^ "Nuis op rozen in Noorwegen". Dagblad van het Noorden. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Kjeld Nuis". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  6. ^ "National Records – Netherlands (NED)". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Kjeld Nuis". SpeedSkatingNews.
  8. ^ "Kjeld Nuis". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Kjeld Nuis". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  10. ^ "ISU Speed Skating Results - Live".

External links edit