(1976-10-08) 8 October 1976 (age 47)[1] Veendam, Netherlands
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight
73.5 kg (162 lb)[1]
Sport
Country
Netherlands
Sport
Speed skating
Turned pro
1997
Retired
2010
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City
3000 m
2006 Turin
3000 m
World Championships
2009 Vancouver
3000 m
2004 Hamar
Allround
2008 Nagano
Team pursuit
2007 Salt Lake City
3000 m
2007 Salt Lake City
Team pursuit
2009 Vancouver
Team pursuit
2001 Budapest
Allround
European Championships
2006 Hamar
Allround
2000 Hamar
Allround
2002 Erfurt
Allround
2003 Heerenveen
Allround
2004 Heerenveen
Allround
2007 Collalbo
Allround
Renate Titzia Groenewold (born 8 October 1976) is a Dutch former 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. At the European Allround Championships she has won various medals. Five times she came in third in the overall ranking. In 2005, she won the silver medal which was her best result at the European Championships. In 2001, she also came in third in the overall ranking on the World Allround Championships, which she won in 2004.[2]
Besides participating in the all-round championships Groenewold has participated in the championships for individual distances. Her best results there were winning the team pursuit in 2008 and the 3000 meters in 2009.
In 2002 Groenewold participated at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She won the silver medal in the 3000 m. However, on the 1500 m she fell in the second turn. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, rookie compatriot Ireen Wüst beat her to the gold on the 3000 m, leaving Groenewold with silver once more.[3]
In 2007, Groenewold joined Team DSB Bank, which was a women's professional cycling team that competed in international and UCI Women's Road World Cup events. In 2010, Groenewold competed again at the 2010 Winter Olympics, in Vancouver.[4] She falsely listed as one of lesbian athletes at the Games.[5][4]
After her active skating career she was a coach from 2011 until 2014.[6] In October 2018 she was appointed in the speed skating Technical Committee of the International Skating Union (ISU).[7]
^ abc"Renate Groenewold". espn.go.com. ESPN. 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
^"Renate Groenewold". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
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"History of the Olympic Games 3000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
^ abGay Olympians: Few are out and proud
^Bloembergen, Jaap (13 December 2005). "Groenewold mentaal en fysiek weer de oude". NRC. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
^"Renate Groenewold stopt als coach". NOS (in Dutch). 26 March 2014.
^"Communication No. 2205" (PDF). International Skating Union (ISU). 18 October 2018.
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way ahead of the other competitors, from who RenateGroenewold turned out to be the best. 3000m Groenewold beats defending and 2006 Winter Olympics champion...
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the women's 3000 metres speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics. RenateGroenewold wins silver. February 16: The Netherlands men's speed skating team...
opening 500 m, young gun Marrit Leenstra won the 1500 m and veteran RenateGroenewold the 3000 m and 5000 m. NOTE: TR = track record. Source male: Schaatsstatistieken...
pair and watches as all the remaining skaters finish behind her. RenateGroenewold beats Canadian Cindy Klassen in their pair, but the two end up taking...
Uehara Carla Zijlstra 1993-1995 not included in the program 1997 RenateGroenewold Xu Yang Yayoi Nagaoka 1999-2003 not included in the program 2005 Paulien...
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