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{{Short description|Dutch speed skater (born 1985)}}
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| name           = Annette Gerritsen
| image          = Annette Gerritsen (2006).jpg
| caption        = Gerritsen prepares for a race
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| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1985|10|11|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Ilpendam]], Netherlands
| death_date     = 
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| website        = {{URL|www.annettegerritsen.nl|AnnetteGerritsen.nl}}
| country        = [[Netherlands]]
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| turnedpro      = 2005
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| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Women's [[speed skating]]}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{NED}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Speed skating at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver]]|[[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres|1000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women|World Sprint Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2008 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2008 Heerenveen]]|Sprint}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2011 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2011 Heerenveen]]|Sprint}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Single Distance Championships for Women|World Single Distance Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2008 Nagano]]|500 m}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2008 Nagano]]|1000 m}}
}}

'''Annette Albertine Gerritsen''' (born 11 October 1985) is a Dutch former [[speed skater]]. She specialised in the 500 m and 1000 m distances, and won a silver medal in the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres|1000 metres]] at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]]. She is the current Dutch junior record holder in the 500 m (38.57) and her personal best (1.16.14) used to be the world junior record. She also holds the world junior record with her Dutch teammates in the team pursuit (3.12.37).

==Skating career==
Gerritsen's breakthrough came during the 2004–05 speed skating season when she won the bronze medal in the 500 m at the [[2005 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships]]. She won another bronze medal that same year at the [[2005 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships]] and qualified for the [[2005 ISU World Sprint Championships]] where she finished in 17th position.

===2005–06 season===
The year after, at the [[2006 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships]] she improved her bronze 500 m medal to a silver and was also able to win a bronze medal in the 1000 m. She then successfully defended her bronze medal at the [[2006 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships]] and also managed to qualify for both the [[2006 ISU World Sprint Championships]] and the [[2006 Winter Olympics]]. While her Sprint Championships were successful when she finished in 6th position her Olympics were disappointing. Gerritsen qualified in two distances. She finished 12th in the 500 m and 23rd in the 1000 m.

===2006–07 season===
In the 2006–07 pre-season Gerritsen showed her potential to become the fastest Dutch sprint speed skater when beating teammate [[Marianne Timmer]] several times. However at the [[2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships]] she was unable to keep her pre-season form and only finished in third position behind the surprising [[Margot Boer]] and Timmer. Her performances gave her the opportunity to participate in the 2007 [[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women|World Sprint Championships]], where she finished 7th overall, with a 4th place in the second 1000 m race. On 28 January, Gerritsen won her first [[ISU Speed Skating World Cup|World Cup]] event, a 500 m in [[Heerenveen]], although only after favorite [[Jenny Wolf]] fell after 50 m.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nos.nl/nosstudiosport/artikelen/2007/1/28/28011754wbsprintdamesheerenveen.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222323/http://www.nos.nl/nosstudiosport/artikelen/2007/1/28/28011754wbsprintdamesheerenveen.html| archive-date = 2007-09-30| title = NOSSTUDIOSPORT - Gerritsen snelste op WB-sprint}}</ref> Her victory guaranteed her a spot in the 500 m at the 2007 [[World Single Distance Championships for Women|World Single Distance Championship]], to be held in [[Salt Lake City]] on 10 March.

Gerritsen used to date multiple Olympic speed skating medallist [[Sven Kramer]].

===2010 Olympics===
Gerritsen won silver in the 1000 m at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]] with a time of 1.16.58, only a fiftieth of a second behind gold medallist [[Christine Nesbitt]] of [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-1000-m_ssw010101eE.html |title=Ladies' 1000 m - 1000m : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics |website=www.vancouver2010.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408202918/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-1000-m_ssw010101eE.html |archive-date=8 April 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal bests==
{{PersonalRecordsTop|ref=<ref>{{cite web
 |url        = http://www.speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=829
 |title      = Annette Gerritsen
 |publisher  = www.speedskatingresults.com
 |access-date = 14 January 2014
}}</ref>}}
{{PersonalRecordsSport|[[Speed skating]]}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m|37.63|17 November 2007|Olympic Oval, Calgary|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1000 m|1.14.33|29 January 2012|Olympic Oval, Calgary|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1500 m|1.55.91|17 November 2007|Olympic Oval, Calgary|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|3000 m|4.14.08|11 March 2005|Olympic Oval, Calgary|}}
{{PersonalRecordsBottom}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Annette Gerritsen}}
* {{ISU speed skater|227082}}
* {{Olympic Channel|annette-gerritsen}}
* {{SR/Olympics|ge/annette-gerritsen-1}}
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916195211/http://annettegerritsen.nl/ |title=Official website}}
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220025947/http://annettegerritsen.eu/ |title=Fan website}}
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131114429/http://www.fotos.desg.de/athletes.php?showAthletes=all&id=1117 |title=Photos of Annette Gerritsen}}
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101013247/http://www.teamliga.nl/team-liga/annette-gerritsen |title=Annette Gerritsen at Teamliga.nl}} {{in lang|nl}}

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