Michel Mulder (Dutch: Michel Mulder; February 27, 1986, Zwolle) is a roller skater and sprint skater from the Netherlands, champion of the 2014 Olympic Games at a distance of 500 meters and a bronze medalist at a distance twice as long, two—time world champion in the sprint all-around (2013, 2014). World champion and multiple European champion in speed skating on roller skates.
Biography
He has been participating in the Dutch Championships since 2006. He won the first podium at the national championship in November 2011, becoming the second at 500 m.
On March 10, 2012, he won his first World Cup victory, winning the 500 m at the World Cup final in Berlin.
Twin brother - Ronald Mulder, also a sprint skater, participated in the 2010 Olympics. Michel could not qualify for the Olympics, he watched his brother's performance as a spectator on the podium.
In 2012 , he became the silver medalist of the 500 m World Championship . In the first race, he took 5th place. In the second race, he won, setting a skating rink record, and breaking his personal record by 1 hundredth.
In the summer of 2012, he set a world record for 300 m in roller skating — 22.58.
In September 2012 , he became the world champion in roller skating at a distance of 500 m.
In 2013, he became the world champion in the sprint all-around, setting a world record in total at the championship.
In 2014, he became the world champion in the sprint all-around for the second time.
