Simon Kuipers (born 9 August 1982)Simon Kuipers
(official website) is a retired Dutch

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. He won a 1500 meters World Cup competitions on 3 December 2005. It was his first World Cup victory. He participated in two events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in

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, finishing 23rd in the

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, and 4th in the

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, less than four-tenths of a second off the podium, as well as being the fastest Dutchman in that event. He officially retired in March 2012.

Personal records

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com

Tournament overview

* DNS = Did not start * DNF = Did not finish * DQ = Disqualified * NC = No classification

Medals won

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuipers, Simon 1982 births Living people Dutch male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands Sportspeople from Haarlem Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people