Editing Gerard van Velde

{{Short description|Dutch speed skater (born 1971)}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Dutch|Van Velde|wrong=Velde}}
{{Infobox speed skater
| name           = Gerard van Velde
| image          = Gerard van Velde portrait.JPG
| image_size     = 
| caption        = 
| country        = [[Netherlands]]
| headercolor    = #d7ecff
| club           =
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1971|11|30|df=y}}<ref name=sports-reference>{{cite Sports-Reference
  | title       = Gerard van Velde
  | url         = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/gerard-van-velde-1.html
  | accessdate  = 6 June 2015
  | url-status  = dead
  | archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150911025603/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/gerard-van-velde-1.html
  | archivedate = 11 September 2015
}}</ref>
| birth_place    = [[Wapenveld]], [[Netherlands]]<ref name=sports-reference/>
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| height         = 1.92 m<ref name=sports-reference/>
| weight         = 87 kg<ref name=sports-reference/>
| turnedpro      = 1990
| retired        = 2008
| pb             =
| website        = 
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[speed skating]]}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{NED}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Speed skating at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold |[[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]]|[[Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres|1000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|World Sprint Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|2003 Calgary|Sprint}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Single Distance Championships for Men|World Single Distance Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2003 Berlin]]|1000 m}}
}}

'''Gerard Pieter Hendrik van Velde''' (born 30 November 1971) is a Dutch retired [[long track speed skating|speed skater]] who specialised in sprinting. He won an Olympic gold medal in 2002.

==Biography==
Van Velde was considered the best Dutch sprinter during the early 1990s, but did not manage to win a medal in either the [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] or [[1994 Winter Olympics]].  Particularly frustrating were the 1992 Games, where he missed a bronze medal by one-hundredth of a second.

During the late 1990s, [[clap skates]] became standard in [[Olympics Games|Olympic]] competition. Van Velde had such difficulty adjusting to the techniques required with these new skates that he retired from skating and became a car salesman.  However, he was not finished with the skating world.

[[Rintje Ritsma]], another [[Netherlands|Dutch]] skater invited Van Velde to be his training partner, and, during training, he mastered the clap skate techniques. He decided to try out for the [[2002 Winter Olympics]], in spite of the arrival of a new generation of Dutch sprinters such as [[Jan Bos]], [[Erben Wennemars]] and [[Jakko Jan Leeuwangh]]. Van Velde became the fourth sprinter to qualify for the games.

In [[Salt Lake City]], he started before all the other favorites and raced to a [[List of speed skating records|world record]] finish. His time of 1:07.18 shaved more than half a second from the previous best world time, and more than a second from his personal best. The skaters who followed were unable to best him, and he won the gold medal.

In December 2005, at the Dutch Olympic trials in [[Heerenveen]], van Velde failed to qualify for the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]]. In retirement he became a coach.<ref name=sports-reference/>

==Records==
===Personal records===
{{PersonalRecordsTop}}
{{PersonalRecordsSport| Men's [[speed skating]]}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 500 m | '''34.59''' | 6 February 2003 | [[Olympic Oval|Calgary]] | }}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 1000 m | '''1:07.18''' | 16 February 2002 | [[Utah Olympic Oval|Salt Lake City]] | '''Olympic record'''}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 1500 m | '''1:48.53''' | 26 September 2004 | [[Olympic Oval|Calgary]] | }}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 3000 m | '''4:02.18''' | 30 November 2004 | [[Olympic Oval|Calgary]] | }}
{{PersonalRecordsBottom}}
<small>Source: SpeedskatingResults.com<ref name=Results>{{cite web
  | title      = Gerard van Velde
  | url        = http://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=393
  | website    = SpeedskatingResults.com
  | access-date = 29 August 2012
}}</ref></small>

===World records===
{| class='wikitable'
|-
!Event!!Result!!Date!!Location!!Notes
|-
|[[World record progression 1000 m speed skating men|1000 m]]||'''1:07.18'''||16 February 2002||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Utah Olympic Oval|Salt Lake City]] || World record until 20 November 2005
|}
<small>Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com<ref name=stats>{{cite web
  | title      = Gerard van Velde
  | url        = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1971113001
  | website    = SpeedSkatingStats.com
  | access-date = 29 August 2012
}}</ref></small>

==Tournament overview==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! <br /> Season
! [[KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships|Dutch <br /> Championships <br /> Single <br /> Distances]]
! [[:nl:Nederlandse kampioenschappen schaatsen sprint mannen|Dutch <br /> Championships <br /> Sprint]]
! [[Speed skating at the Winter Olympics|Olympic <br /> Games]]
! [[World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships|World <br /> Championships <br /> Single <br /> Distances]]
! [[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men|World <br /> Championships <br /> Sprint]]
! [[ISU Speed Skating World Cup|World <br /> Cup <br /> GWC]]
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 1989–90 || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> 16th 500m <br /> 17e 1000m|| {{center|ASSEN}} <hr /> 10th 500m <br /> 10th 1000m <br /> 6th 500m <br /> {{bronze3}} 1000m <hr /> 8th overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 1990–91 || {{center|THE HAGUE}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{gold1}} 1000m <br /> 10 th1500m || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|INZELL}} <hr /> 20th 500m <br /> 10th 1000m <br /> 16th 500m <br /> 17th 1000m <hr /> 15th overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 1991–92 || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> 4th 1000m || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{gold1}} 1000m <br /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{gold1}} 1000m <hr /> {{gold1}} overall || {{center|ALBERTVILLE}} <hr /> 5th [[Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres|500m]] <br /> 4th [[Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres|1000m]] || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|OSLO}} <hr /> 9th 500m <br /> 16th 1000m <br /> 6th 500m <br /> {{bronze3}}1000m <hr /> 6th overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 1992–93 || {{center|DEVENTER}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{bronze3}} 1000m || {{center|UTRECHT}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> 5th 1000m <br /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> 4th 1000m <hr /> {{gold1}} overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|IKAHO}} <hr /> 18th 500m <br /> 9th 1000m <br /> 15th 500m <br /> 8th 1000m <hr /> 11th overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 1993–94 || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{gold1}} 1000m <br /> 12th 1500m || {{center|THE HAGUE}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{gold1}} 1000m <br /> 13th 500m <br /> {{gold1}} 1000m <hr /> 13th overall || {{center|LILLEHAMMAR}} <hr /> 21st [[Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres|500m]] <br /> 9th [[Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres|1000m]] || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|CALGARY}} <hr /> 15h 500m <br /> 5th 1000m <br /> 17th 500m <br /> 33rd 1000m <hr /> 30th overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 1994–95 || {{center|THE HAGUE}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{gold1}} 1000m || {{center|ALKMAAR}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{gold1}} 1000m <br /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{gold1}} 1000m <hr /> {{gold1}} overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|MILWAUKEE}} <hr /> 17th 500m <br /> 4th 1000m <br /> 11th 500m <br /> 5th 1000m <hr /> 10th overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 1995–96 || {{center|GRONINGEN}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{gold1}} 1000m || {{center|ASSEN}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{gold1}} 1000m <br /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{gold1}} 1000m <hr /> {{gold1}} overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|HAMAR}} <hr /> 10th 500m <br /> 4th 1000m || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> 36th 500m <br /> 4th 1000m <br /> 25th 500m <br /> 10th 1000m <hr /> 33rd overall || <br /> 13th 500m <br /> {{bronze3}} 1000m
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 1996–97 || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|GRONINGEN}} <hr /> {{silver2}} 500m <br /> {{silver2}} 1000m <br /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{silver2}} 1000m <hr /> {{silver2}} overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|WARSAW}} <hr /> 18th 500m <br /> 6th 1000m || {{center|HAMAR}} <hr /> 12th 500m <br /> 10th 1000m <br /> 13th 500m <br /> 8th 1000m <hr /> 11th overall || <br /> 15th 500m <br /> 6th 1000m
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 1997–98 || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> 4th 500m <br /> 7th 1000m || {{center|GRONINGEN}} <hr /> 7th 500m <br /> 7th 1000m <br /> 7th 500m <br /> 10th 1000m <hr /> 6th overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|CALGARY}} <hr /> NS2 500m || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || <br /> 44th 500m <br /> 23rd 1000m
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| 1998–99 || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 1999–2000 || {{center|DEVENTER}} <hr /> {{bronze3}} 500m <br /> 5th 1000m || {{center|UTRECHT}} <hr /> {{bronze3}} 500m <br /> 4th 1000m <br /> 4th 500m <br /> 4th 1000m <hr /> {{bronze3}} overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|NAGANO}} <hr /> 19th 500m || {{center|SEOUL}} <hr /> 22nd 500m <br /> 19th 1000m <br /> 20th 500m <br /> 23rd 1000m <hr /> 21st overall || <br /> 32nd 500m <br /> 37th 1000m
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 2000–01 || {{center|THE HAGUE}} <hr /> 7th 500m <br /> 12th 1000m <br /> 19th 1500m || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> {{silver2}} 500m <br /> 5th 1000m <br /> {{silver2}} 500m <br /> 4th 1000m <hr /> {{silver2}} overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|SALT LAKE CITY}} <hr /> 11th 500m <br /> 5th 500m || {{center|INZELL}} <hr /> 11th 500m <br /> 4th 1000m <br /> 9th 500m <br /> 5th 1000m <hr /> 7th overall || <br /> 19th 500m <br /> 14th 1000m
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 2001–02 || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> {{bronze3}} 500m <br /> {{silver2}} 1000m <br /> 7th 1500m || {{center|GRONINGEN}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{silver2}} 1000m <br /> {{silver2}} 500m <br /> 4th 1000m <hr /> {{gold1}} overall || {{center|SALT LAKE CITY}} <hr /> 4th 500m <br /> {{gold1}} 1000m || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|HAMAR}} <hr /> 7th 500m <br /> {{silver2}} 1000m <br /> 5th 500m <br /> 5th 1000m <hr /> 4th overall || <br /> 5th 500m <br /> 9th 1000m
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 2002–03 || {{center|UTRECHT}} <hr /> {{silver2}} 500m <br /> {{silver2}} 1000m <br /> 8th 1500m || {{center|GRONINGEN}} <hr /> {{silver2}} 500m <br /> 4th 1000m <br /> {{silver2}} 500m <br /> DNF 1000m <hr /> NC overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|BERLIN}} <hr /> 4th 500m <br /> {{silver2}} 1000m || {{center|CALGARY}} <hr /> {{bronze3}} 500m <br /> 4th 1000m <br /> {{silver2}} 500m <br /> 4th 1000m <hr /> {{silver2}} overall || <br /> 4th 500m <br /> {{silver2}} 1000m
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 2003–04 || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{silver2}} 1000m || {{center|UTRECHT}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{silver2}} 1000m <br /> {{silver2}} 500m <br /> {{silver2}} 1000m <hr /> {{silver2}} overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|SEOUL}} <hr /> 8th 500m <br /> NF 1000m || {{center|NAGANO}} <hr /> 7th 500m <br /> 6th 1000m <br /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{silver2}} 1000m <hr /> 4th overall || <br /> 27th 100m <br /> 7th 500m <br /> {{silver2}} 1000m
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 2004–05 || {{center|ASSEN}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> 6th 1000m <br /> 14th 1500m || {{center|GRONINGEN}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> 4th 1000m <br /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> {{bronze3}} 1000m <hr /> {{gold1}} overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|INZELL}} <hr /> 10th 500m || {{center|SALT LAKE CITY}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m <br /> DNS 1000m <br /> DNS 500m <br /> DNS 1000m <hr /> NC overall || <br /> 11th 500m <br /> {{bronze3}} 1000m
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 2005–06 || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> 5th 500m <br /> 6th 1000m || {{center|ASSEN}} <hr /> {{silver2}} 500m <br /> {{silver2}} 1000m <br /> {{silver2}} 500m <br /> 5th 1000m <hr /> {{silver2}} overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> 9th 500m <br /> 10th 1000m <br /> 9th 500m <br /> 11th 1000m <hr /> 6th [[2006 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|overall]] || <br /> 9th 500m <br /> 7th 1000m
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 2006–07 || {{center|ASSEN}} <hr /> 4th 500m <br /> 9th 1000m || {{center|GRONINGEN}} <hr /> 4th 500m <br /> 6th 1000m <br /> {{silver2}} 500m <br /> 6th 1000m <hr /> 4th overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|HAMAR}} <hr /> 15h 500m <br /> 14th 1000m <br /> DNS 500m <br /> DNS 1000m <hr /> NC [[2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|overall]] || <br /> 15th 500m
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 2007–08 || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> 8th 500m <br /> 13th 1000m <br /> 12th 500m <br /> 11th 1000m <hr /> 10th overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| <br /> 2008–09 || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || {{center|GRONINGEN}} <hr /> 5th 500m <br /> 4th 1000m <br /> 6th 500m <br /> 4th 1000m <hr /> 6th overall || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE | || bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
|}
<small>Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.speedskatingnews.info/en/data/skater/gerard-van-velde/|title=Skater Profile &#124; Gerard van Velde &#124; Men &#124; Netherlands}}</ref></small>
:''DQ = Disqualified''
:''DNF = Did not finish''
:''DNS = Did not start''
:''NC = No classification''

==Medals won==
{| class="wikitable"
!Championship!!Gold <br /> {{gold1}} !!Silver <br /> {{silver2}} !!Bronze <br /> {{bronze3}}
|-
| [[KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships|Dutch Single Distances]] || style="text-align:center" | 12 || style="text-align:center" | 5 || style="text-align:center" | 3
|-
|[[:nl:Nederlandse kampioenschappen schaatsen sprint mannen|Dutch Sprint]] || style="text-align:center" | 6 || style="text-align:center" | 4 || style="text-align:center" | 1
|-
|[[Speed skating at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]] || style="text-align:center" | 1 || style="text-align:center" | 0 || style="text-align:center" | 0
|-
|[[World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships|World Single Distances]] || style="text-align:center" | 0 || style="text-align:center" | 1 || style="text-align:center" | 0
|-
|[[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men|World Sprint]] || style="text-align:center" | 0 || style="text-align:center" | 1 || style="text-align:center" | 0
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ISU speed skater|97892}}
* [http://www.speedskatingbase.eu/?section=skaters&subsection=skater&skaterid=27296 PB's Gerard van Velde] at SpeedskatingBase.eu with link to results International Championships
* [http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1971113001 Gerard van Velde] at SpeedSkatingStats.com
* {{Olympics.com profile|gerard-van-velde |oc_archive=20200129040129 |org_archive=20190831042544}}
* {{nocnsf.nl|gerard-van-velde}}
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310194333/http://www.fotos.desg.de/athletes.php?showAthletes=all&id=109 |date=March 10, 2007 |title=Photos of Gerard van Velde}}

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{{s-ach|aw}}
{{s-bef|before={{flagicon|NED}} [[Gianni Romme]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Ard Schenk Award]]|years=2001}}
{{s-aft|after={{flagicon|NED}} [[Jochem Uytdehaage]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Andrea Nuyt]]}}
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{{Footer Olympic Champions 1000m Speed Skating Men}}

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[[Category:Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics]]
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[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands]]
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[[Category:Dutch sports coaches]]
[[Category:Speed skaters from Gelderland]]
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