Margot Boer

Margot Boer is a Dutch former speed skater, born on 7 August 1985, who specialised in the 500, 1000 and 1500 metres. After spending a few years at local teams in the South Holland area she joined the KNSB youth development team for the 2006 to 2007 season and won the 500 metres at the 2007 Dutch Single Distance Championships. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver she finished fourth in both the 500 and 1500 metres and sixth in the 1000 metres, each only a fraction of a second from a bronze medal. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi she won bronze in the women's 500 metres, the first Dutch medal in that event, and two days later bronze in the 1000 metres, making her the first Dutch woman to win Olympic medals on both sprint distances.