Gerben Jorritsma

Personal information
Born	(1993-08-21) 21 August 1993 (age 31) Diever, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Turned pro	2013
Retired	2020

Gerben Jorritsma (born 21 August 1993) is a Dutch former speed skater who specialized in the sprint distances.

He won the 1,500 meters 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup event in Calgary on 15 November 2015 in a personal record of 1:07,20, ahead of Russia's Pavel Kulizhnikov.^[1] Jorritsma was a member of the Team LottoNL-Jumbo and later TalentNED. In the 2020-21 season he didn't have a sponsor and he had to quit with speed skating.^[2] His cousin Jorjan Jorritsma was also a speed skater.^[3]

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Sprint	World Championships Junior	World Cup GWC
2012–13		GRONINGEN 18th 500m 20th 1000m 19th 500m 18th 1000m 19th overall	COLLALBO 500m 6th 3000m 8th 1500m 7th 5000m 5th overall 7th 5000m 6th team pursuit
2013–14	HEERENVEEN 11th 500m 18th 1000m 22nd 1500m	AMSTERDAM 14th 500m DNS 1000m DNS 500m DNS 1000m NC overall
2014–15	HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 7th 1000m 17th 1500m	GRONINGEN 13th 500m 11th 1000m 7th 500m 5th 1000m 7th overall		15th 500m 26th mass start
2015–16	HEERENVEEN DNF 500m	HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 1000m 9th 500m ) 1000m overall		23rd 500m 1000m 12th 1500m
2016–17	HEERENVEEN 11th 500m 11th 1000m	HEERENVEEN 11th 500m 9th 1000m 8th 500m 11th 1000m 10th overall
2017–18	HEERENVEEN 10th 500m 15th 1000m 18th 1500m
2018–19	HEERENVEEN 12th 500m	HEERENVEEN 8th 500m 6th 1000m DQ 500m DNS 1000m NC overall
2019–20	HEERENVEEN 16th 500m 14th 1000m	HEERENVEEN 7th 500m DNS 1000m DNS 500m DNS 1000m NC overall

DNS = Did not start

DNF = Did not finish

NC = No classification

source:^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

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