Marianne Timmer
Speed Skater
Dutch speed skater and three-time Olympic gold medalist, winning two in 1998 in Nagano and one in 2006 in Turin.
She won her first gold medal in an international competition at the 1997 World Championships.
She took gold in the 1,000 and 1,500 meter race in 1998 and in the 1,000 meter in 2006.
She was married to her former coach Peter Mueller before marrying soccer goalie Henk Timmer.
She took gold in the 2006 Olympics where American speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno also won gold.