Ronald Mulder (born 27 February 1986) is a Dutch
speed skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skatin ...
. He won bronze in the
men's 500 metres event at the
2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...
in
Sochi, Russia, and finished sixth in the
men's 500 metres event at the
2012 World Single Distance Championships.
His twin brother,
Michel Mulder
Michel Mulder (born 27 February 1986) is a Dutch speed skater. He is the 2014 Olympic Champion at the 500 m distance and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist at the 1,000 m distance. He finished second in the men's 500 metres event at the ...
, is also a speed skater. Both competed in
The World Games
The World Games are an international multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. They are usually held every four years, one year after a Summer Olympic Games, over the course of 11 ...
2017 in
Wroclaw, Poland representing the Netherlands in 500 metres sprint and 200 metres time trial. He competed in the
2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...
in the
men's 500 metres event, finishing in 7th place.
Mulder is the current holder of the Dutch record on the 500 metres distance.
Personal records
See also
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List of Olympic medalist families
References
External links
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1986 births
Dutch male speed skaters
Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Zwolle
Dutch twins
Living people
Twin sportspeople
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
Competitors at the 2017 World Games
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