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| Medal record |
| Women’s speed skating |
| Olympic Games |
| Gold |
1998 Nagano |
1000 m |
| Gold |
1998 Nagano |
1500 m |
| Gold |
2006 Turin |
1000 m |
| World Championships |
| Gold |
1997 Warsaw |
1000 m |
| Gold |
1999 Heerenveen |
1000 m |
| Gold |
2004 Nagano |
Sprint |
| Silver |
2000 Nagano |
1000 m |
| Silver |
2004 Seoul |
1000 m |
| Bronze |
2000 Seoul |
Sprint |
| Bronze |
1997 Warsaw |
1500 m |
| Bronze |
1999 Heerenveen |
500 m |
Maria Aaltje ("Marianne") Timmer (born October 3, 1974 in Sappemeer) is a Netherlands speed skater specializing in the middle distances (1000 and 1500 m). At the 1998 Winter Olympics Timmer won a gold medal in both these events.
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.
She is engaged to Henk Timmer, the goalkeeper of Dutch soccer club Feyenoord Rotterdam. Although they share their surname they are not related. She was previously married to her former coach Peter Mueller.
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