Michel Mulder is Monday, his retirement is announced. The 33-year-old skater was established in 2014 in Sochi to be the first Dutch champion in the 500 meter, but the performance in the last few years is moderate.
“it’s going to be season with the team, so I have to be a good teammate you can be. But, for me, when it comes to competitions, ice-skating,” says Mulder, at the nts.
The national championships at distances of more than a week ago and it is, therefore, in the last race, the sprinter has been up to. Mulder ended up in a Vessel, the ninth in the 500 meters, so he is not close to qualifying for the european CHAMPIONSHIPS or the world CHAMPIONSHIPS the distances, came.
“I’ve had over the past few years, often thinking about whether or not I have the motivation, though, still had to go through. That it was there all the time. But while this season’s weather is good, the races were, and I think it is now enough.”
Michel Mulder, in 2014, barely believing that he was an olympic champion. (Photo: Pro-Shots).
Mulder was a very, very successful, from 2012 to 2015
finally, Mulder broke down in 2012 with a silver medal in the 500 metres at the world CHAMPIONSHIP distances. It was only the second time a Dutchman was on the shortest route, after the Erben Wennemars (the netherlands) in 1999.
Mulder has had some very successful years to come. In 2013, new he located in Salt Lake City as the fourth value to the sprint world champion, a title he also later captured.
at The climax of the history of the birth of Zwollenaar it is, without a doubt, his olympic title in the 500-meter in 2014, in Russia. Jan Smeekens seemed to have been hit for quite a while, reports in the Adler Arena, but the Recommendation turned out to be 0,012 seconds faster over the two rounds.
in Order for the party to make it was Ronald Mulder, the twin brother of Michel Mulder on the podium with a bronze medal.
The main stage of the olympic 500-meter at the end of 2014, from left to right: Jan Smeekens, Michel Mulder and Ronald Mulder. (Photo: Pro-Shots).
in Recent years, reed Ton less than the prices
now, A year after the Olympics in Sochi won by Michel Mulder is still a silver medal in the 500 metres at the world CHAMPIONSHIPS the distances, and he was fourth in the world CHAMPIONSHIP sprint, but he was never top of the class, of 2014, to pick it up.
over The last few years, placed a Ton just for the international races. In 2018, he would have to take part in the european CHAMPIONSHIPS distances and seventh in the 500 meters), but in the world cup sprint in 2015 is his last appearance on the global titeltoernooi.
“I’m no longer sixteen of the 34 people in a single year, such as when I was an olympic champion,” said Mulder. “I didn’t see a lot of bright spots, and is physically I am still very, very strong. However, I would also like to see results.”
