Patrick Roest

Roest in 2013
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1995-12-07) 7 December 1995 (age 28) Lekkerkerk, Netherlands
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Event(s)	1500 m, 5000 m
Club	Team Reggeborgh
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang 1500 m 2022 Beijing 5000 m 2022 Beijing 10000 m 2018 Pyeongchang Team pursuit World Single Distances Championships 2021 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2023 Heerenveen 5000 m 2023 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2019 Inzell 5000 m 2019 Inzell 10000 m 2021 Heerenveen 5000 m 2021 Heerenveen 1500 m World Allround Championships 2018 Amsterdam Allround 2019 Calgary Allround 2020 Hamar Allround 2017 Hamar Allround 2022 Hamar Allround European Championships 2020 Heerenveen 5000 m 2020 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2021 Heerenveen Allround 2022 Heerenveen 5000 m 2022 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2023 Hamar Allround 2024 Heerenveen 5000 m 2019 Collabo Allround 2020 Heerenveen 1500 m 2024 Heerenveen 1500 m Junior World Championships 2014 Bjugn Allround 2015 Warsaw Allround

Patrick Roest (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpɛtrɪk rust]; born 7 December 1995) is a Dutch professional long track speed skater who has won the World Allround Speed Skating Championships three times. He leads the adelskalender, an all-time ranking of skaters' personal bests. He is a member of the commercial team of Team Reggeborgh.

Career

In Bjugn, Norway, in 2014, Roest became World Junior Champion Allround, and he successfully defended his world title in 2015 in Warsaw, Poland.^[1][2]

On 12 November, he was part of the Dutch team that won the team pursuit event at the first World Cup of the 2016/17 season.^[3][4]

Roest was awarded the KNSB Cup for his 1500 m performance at the KNSB Cup in October 2016.^[5]

On 13 February 2018, Roest won a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics for the Men's 1500 metres, behind compatriot Kjeld Nuis, with a time of 1:44.86. He also won an Olympic bronze medal in the team pursuit event.

Records

Personal records

Roest is the leader of the adelskalender, with 144.056 points.^[7]

As of 3 March 2019, Roest is the world record holder of the allround Big Combination classification, having amassed 145.561 points at the World Allround 2019 Championship in Calgary.

World records

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Allround	European Championships Allround	World Championships Allround	World Championships Single Distances	Olympic Games	World Cup GWC	World Championships Junior Allround	European Championships Single Distances
2013–14	HEERENVEEN 13th 1500m							BJUGN 10th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall 4th team pursuit
2014–15	HEERENVEEN 19th 1000m 19th 1500m	HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 15th 5000m 12th 1500m DNQ 10000m 13th overall						WARSAW 500m 1000m 1500m 5000m overall team pursuit
2015–16	HEERENVEEN 4th 1500m 11th 5000m	HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 5th 5000m 1500m 6th 10000m overall					31st 1500m 24th 5000/10000m 87th GWC
2016–17	HEERENVEEN 1500m 12th 5000m 9th 10000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 5000m 1500m 5th 10000m overall		HAMAR 4th 500m 5000m 1500m 5th 10000m overall	GANGNEUNG 6th 1500m		1500m 8th 5000/10000 team pursuit 14th GWC
2017–18	HEERENVEEN 8th 1500m 6th 5000m 11th 10000m			AMSTERDAM 500m 4th 5000m 1500m 10000m overall		GANGNEUNG 1500m team pursuit	30th 1500m 28th 5000/10000m 91st GWC
2018–19	HEERENVEEN 1500m 5000m 10000m		COLLALBO 4th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall	CALGARY 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall	INZELL 7th 1500m 5000m 10000m		11th 1500m 4th 5000/10000m 4th team pursuit 22nd GWC
2019–20	HEERENVEEN 1500m 5000m 10000m			HAMAR 7th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall	SALT LAKE CITY 10th 1500m DQ 5000m 8th 10000m		4th 1500m 5000/10000 5th team pursuit 9th GWC		HEERENVEEN 1500m 5000m team pursuit
2020–21	HEERENVEEN 1500m 5000m 10000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall	HEERENVEEN 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall		HEERENVEEN 1500m 5000m 7th 10000m team pursuit		1500m 5000/10000m
2021–22	HEERENVEEN 4th 1500m 5000m 10000m			HAMAR 4th 500m 5000m 1500m 5th 10000m overall		BEIJING 5000m 10000m 4th team pursuit	19th 1500m 15th 5000m/10000m 4th team pursuit		HEERENVEEN 5000m team pursuit
2022–23	HEERENVEEN 1500m 5000m 10000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall	HAMAR 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall		HEERENVEEN 5000m 4th 10000m team pursuit		8th 1500m 5000m/10000m team pursuit

Source:^[8][9][10]

Note The event distances for the Allround classification are:

• for the World Championship Junior 2014: 500, 3000, 1500 and 5000 meter
• for the World Championship Junior after 2014: 500, 1500, 1000 and 5000 meter
• for the World Championship Senior: 500, 5000, 1500 and 10000 meter

World Cup overview

Season	1500 meter
2015–16	–	–	15th(b)	14th(b)	2nd (b)	–
2016–17	4th	5th	–		6th
2017–18	–	–	–	–	12th	–
2018–19			–		–	6th
2019–20	5th	6th	–
2020–21
2021–22	12th	15th	18th	–	–
2022–23	7th	6th		6th

Season	5000/10000 meter
2015–16	–	–*	–	–	1st (b)	–
2016–17	7th	7th	–	– *	6th	4th
2017–18	–	–	–	–	7th	–
2018–19			–		–
2019–20				–
2020–21
2021–22		9th*		–	–
2022–23						–

Season	Team pursuit
2015–16
2016–17			–		–
2017–18
2018–19	–		–
2019–20		6th	–
2020–21	–	–
2021–22		–	–
2022–23		–

Source: ^[11]

– = Did not participate

(b) = Division B

DQ = Disqualified

GWC = Grand World Cup

Medals won

Championship	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Olympic Games	0	1	1
Dutch Single Distances	7	7	1
Dutch Allround	6	3	2
European Allround	4	4	1
European Single Distances	4	0	1
World Allround	9	6	1
World Single Distances	1	3	1
World Cup	17	8	9
World Junior	5	4	1