Marianne Timmer

Personal information

Born

3 October 1974 (age 42)
Sappemeer, Netherlands

Height

1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

63 kg (139 lb)

Spouse(s)

Peter Mueller (divorced)
Henk Timmer

Sport

Country

Netherlands

Sport

Speed skating

Medal record

Women's speed skating
Representing the Netherlands
Olympic Games
	1998 Nagano	1000 m
	1998 Nagano	1500 m
	2006 Turin	1000 m
World Championships
	1997 Warsaw	1000 m
	1999 Heerenveen	1000 m
	2004 Nagano	Sprint
	2000 Nagano	1000 m
	2004 Seoul	1000 m
	2000 Seoul	Sprint
	1997 Warsaw	1500 m
	1999 Heerenveen	500 m
	2005 Inzell	1000 m

Maria Aaltje ("Marianne") Timmer (born 3 October 1974 in Sappemeer) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands specializing in the middle distances (1000 and 1500 m). At the 1998 Winter Olympics Timmer won a gold medal in both these events.

She is married to ex-goalkeeper Henk Timmer. She was previously married to her former coach Peter Mueller.

In 1999 she won the 1000 m in the World Single Distance Championships and in 2004 became world champion in the sprint. In 2006, she won the 1000 m in the Olympic Games in Turin. This made her the first skater from the Netherlands to win a gold medal at two different Winter Games.

On 13 November 2009, at a World Cup speedskating event in Heerenveen, Netherlands, Timmer sustained breaks in her heel bone when she crashed after Chinese skater Yu Jing fell in front of her during a 500-meter race. Because of the crash, Timmer did not defend her Olympic title in the Vancouver Olympics in February 2010.

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