Career
2006 Olympic Games in Turin
Tuitert participated in the team pursuit event at the 2006 Winter Olympics, with teammates Sven Kramer, Carl Verheijen, Erben Wennemars and Rintje Ritsma. The Dutch team was a favourite and was leading Italy by nearly a full second in their semifinal matchup, but Sven Kramer stepped on a block and fell, taking Carl Verheijen with him. 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver
In the 17th pair against Håvard Bøkko he set a new track record time (1:4557), which previously was in the hands of Shani Davis (1:4619).
In the last race Davis could not beat Tuitert"s time and finished second.
The only other Dutch Olympic gold medal winners at the 1500 m are Kees Verkerk at the 1968 Winter Olympics and Ard Schenk at the 1972 Winter Olympics. 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Tuitert finished 10th in the 1000 m and 5th in the 1500 m.
Other
Tuitert is currently 17th on the adelskalender. His highest ranking was 6th between 30 December 2000 and 2 March 2001.
World records
Personal records
To put his personal records in perspective, the column WR lists the official world records on the dates that Tuitert skated his personal records.
Source: marktuitert.nl.