Renate Groenewold

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Medal record
Renate Groenewold
Competitor for the Netherlands
Speed skating
Olympic Games
Silver	2002 Salt Lake City	3000 m
Silver	2006 Turin	3000 m
World Championships
Bronze	2001 Budapest	Allround
Gold	2004 Hamar	Allround
Silver	2007 Salt Lake City	3000 m
Silver	2007 Salt Lake City	Team pursuit

Renate Groenewold (b. October 8, 1976 in Veendam, The Netherlands) is a Dutch long track speed skater and road bicycle racer.

Groenewold has won several Dutch Championships. In 1999, 2002 and 2003 she won the Dutch allround championship. On the European Allround Championships she has won various medals. 5 times she came in third in the overall ranking. In 2005 she won the silver medal which was her best result at the European Allround Championships. In 2001 she also came in third in the overall ranking on the World Allround Championships, which she won in 2004.

Besides participating in the Allround Championships Groenewold has participated in the championships for individual distances. Her best result there was a second place on the 3000 m.

In 2002 Groenewold participated at the Olympic Wintergames. She fell on the 1500 m, which resulted in an extremely motivated Groenewold winning the silver medal on the 3000 m. At the Olympic Wintergames of 2006 she also won the silver medal on the same distance.

In 2007, Groenewold joined Team DSB Bank, which is a women's professional cycling team that competes in international and UCI Women's Road World Cup events.

Personal records
Women's speed skating
Distance	Time	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	39.48
1000 m	1:17.16
1500 m	1:55.29
3000 m	3:55.98	2007-11-16	Calgary
5000 m	7:01.21