Carlijn Achtereekte (; born 29 January 1990) is a Dutch former Speed skating, speed skater who specialises in long distances. Achtereekte won three silver medals in the 5000 metres at the KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships, Dutch Single Distance Championships. At the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, she won the silver medal at the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 5000 metres, 5000 metres event behind Martina Sáblíková. Currently Achtereekte is a professional cyclist, competing for Team Jumbo–Visma (women's team), Team Jumbo–Visma. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, her first Olympic Games, Achtereekte took a surprise gold medal in the Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres, 3000 metres, leading home team-mates Ireen Wüst and Antoinette de Jong in a Dutch clean sweep of the podium, despite never having won a ISU Speed Skating World Cup, World Cup race. On 23 March 2018 she was awarded Order of Orange-Nassau, Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau by Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, King Willem-Alexander.

Personal records

Per January 2022 she is ranked 11th on the Adelskalender (skating), adelskalender with a points total of 157.360

Tournament overview

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Medals won

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Achtereekte, Carlijn 1990 births Dutch female speed skaters Sportspeople from Deventer Living people Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of Norway Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau 21st-century Dutch women