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.

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