Margot Boer
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Personal records | ||||
Women's Speed skating | ||||
500 m | 38.94 | Salt Lake City | 2005-11-20 | |
1000 m | 1.17.19 | Calgary | 2005-08-14 | |
1500 m | 2.00.81 | Calgary | 2005-08-13 | |
3000 m | 4.35.70 | Groningen | 2005-02-26 | |
5000 m | 8.12.56 | Groningen | 2006-02-25 |
Margot Boer (born August 7, 1985 in Woubrugge) is a Dutch speed skater. She is specialised in riding the 500 m, 1000 m and 1500 m.
After spending a few years at local teams in the Zuid-Holland area Margot Boer was seen as one of the Netherlands main future talents and was offered a contract at the KNSB Youth Development Team for the 2006-07 speed skating season. In the years before she already participated in several World Cup meetings.
Her first success in her new team was winning a gold medal on the 500 m at the 2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships. She won the both races beating all the opponents, including favourites such as Marianne Timmer and Annette Gerritsen.