Margriet De Schutter Email & Phone Number

Groningen, Netherlands

After Margriet de Schutter ended her career as an elite short track speed skater, she founded the online platform for active & former elite athletes Extopsporter.nl in 2011 and produced (together with Thom Verheul and Ismael Lotz) the award-winning documentary, ‘Going Deep for Vancouver’ about her own transition out of elite sport. Margriet is an international motivational speaker, presenter, moderator and host, as well as an experienced interviewer in elite sport and author of the book ‘Stoppen & Doorgaan’ (‘Stop & Continue’). For the book 'The Secret Balance of Champions', she conducted and wrote down interviews with 32 champions from various sports and cultures in order to provide revealing stories with very personal and unique insights.

‘The Secret Balance of Champions - Health Challenges in Elite Sport’ explores the health challenges that elite athletes might face during or after their career. This book (515 pages) is based on eight chapters compiled by some of the best sport and medical experts in the world, and offers the unique reflections of 32 champions. A must read for everyone who wants to get the most out of their potential!Featuring: Petr Cech, Mo Farah, Marianne Timmer, Kiki Bertens, Dwight Phillips, Ila Borders, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Geremi Njitap Fotso, Danka Barteková, Arjen Robben, Maarten van der Weijden, Abhinav Bindra,Lydia Williams, Evgeniy Levchenko, Marit Bjørgen, Niccoló Campriani, Dorian van Rijsselberghe, Epke Zonderland, Blake Leeper, Elise Christie, Nouchka Fontijn, Zanele Mdodana, Florence Schelling, Alistair Overeem, Sarah Gregorius, Willie Gault, Chris Hoy, Steven Kitshoff, Jetze Plat, Suresh Raina, Apolo Anton Ohno, Chris Froome and foreword by Marco van Basten.Together with Vincent Gouttebarge (FIFPRO Chief Medical Officer) and Gino Kerkhoffs (Orthopaedic surgeon within elite sport at Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands) I created and co-wrote this book ‘The Secret Balance of Champions – Health Challenges in Elite Sport’.

Extopsporter.nl is the Dutch online platform for (former) elite athletes in the Netherlands, which I founded as a former short track speed skater in 2011. It contains all the information you need during or after your professional sports career; the information I missed when I quit my elite athlete career myself. The platform contains videos showing tips & tricks of (former) elite athletes and blogs from medical experts. Moreover, there is an overview of sport organisations in the Netherlands available in the field of transitioning, study & career counseling and mental & physical support. Extopsporter.nl is the supporting website of the award winning documentary ‘Diepgaan voor Vancouver’ (Going deep for Vancouver), which is about my journey to the Olympics in Vancouver while not making it. This revealing and vulnerable story brought me into motivational speaking and writing the Dutch book ‘Stoppen & Doorgaan’ (Quitting & Continuing) and English book ‘The Secret Balance of Champions – Health Challenges in Elite Sport’.

As a former elite athlete in short track speed skating I represented the Athlete commission of the Royal Dutch Speed Skating Federation (KNSB) for nine years. I represented the voice of athletes of all five different skating disciplines of the KNSB: Long track speed skating, Short track Speed skating, marathon, figure skating and inline skating.

Pyeongchang

The Holland Heineken House is the traditional ‘home away from home’ for the Dutch sporting world throughout the Olympic Games and is hosted by NOC*NSF (Dutch Olympic Committee. My main outlets: Olympic Club (VIP restaurant & Bar), Royal Lounge and Athletes Room. Personal server of His Majesty The King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty The Queen of the Netherlands Maxima and family. During the medal celebrations in the Holland Heineken House my role was to hand over the ‘celebration medals’ to the Dutch Olympic medalists.

As a former elite athlete I was proud ambassador of AGU, a Dutch brand in bike wear, team wear, rain wear and bike bags.It was great to represent and promote this unique sport brand during photoshoots, presentations and on Social Media.

Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazilië

The Holland Heineken House is the traditional ‘home away from home’ for the Dutch sporting world throughout the Olympic Games and is hosted by NOC*NSF (Dutch Olympic Committee. My main outlets: Olympic Club (VIP restaurant & Bar).Personal server of VIPs, Sponsors and Family & Friends of Olympic Athletes. Personal welcoming to our Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Olympic Club.

'Gespleten asfalt' is an online platform with blogs and vlogs about living the dream and creating flow, founded by Eric Mijnster. For more information: http://www.gespletenasfalt.nl

At the Dutch local broadcaster OOG TV I used to present the TV series ‘ERopUIT’ and ‘OPdeRIT’. You can watch different series here:

At the Northern Dutch Employers’ federation (VNO*NCW MKB Noord) I used to be responsible for setting up a Social Media Pilot. This include: advisory work on how to set up a private Facebook page in order to create maximum commitment and support from their members.

Sochi, Russia

The Holland Heineken House is the traditional ‘home away from home’ for the Dutch sporting world throughout the Olympic Games and is hosted by NOC*NSF (Dutch Olympic Committee). My main outlets: Olympic Club (VIP restaurant & Bar), Royal Lounge and Athletes Room. Personal server of His Majesty The King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty The Queen of the Netherlands Maxima and other international Royal families.

London, United Kingdom

The Holland Heineken House is the traditional ‘home away from home’ for the Dutch sporting world throughout the Olympic Games and is hosted by NOC*NSF (Dutch Olympic Committee). My main outlets: Olympic Club (VIP restaurant & Bar), Royal Lounge and Athletes Room. Personal server of His Majesty The King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty The Queen of the Netherlands Maxima and other international Royal families.

"Since her childhood Margriet de Schutter has had a dream: to compete at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver as a short track speed skater. Through years of intensive training she achieves a high level and becomes a member of the National Short Track Team. Vigorous training and international competition bring her success, but also a battle with an increasing number of injuries. Is her body really good enough for short track? Is she not too heavy and can she sit deep enough on her skates? Her strong will power brings Margriet close to participation in Vancouver.When she loses her place in the National Team, Margriet suffers a mental crises. How will she cope without her sport, will she still know who she really is? Her mental coach advises her to find her true self again. The same passion that drove Margriet to 'go deep' as an athlete enables her to go deep in this very personal and revealing documentary."In 2012 this documentary has been awarded during the FICTS Film Festival in Milan. This film festival is the world’s biggest film festival in the field of sport and is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). This documentary has been produced together with documentary maker Thom Verheul and film maker Ismael Lotz.

I have an academic background within International Communication (with focus on media and journalism). I combined this study with a professional short track speed skating career. In 2011 I got my Bachelor’s degree.

Dutch Championships individual:2000 's- Hertogenbosch 5th (junior C)2001 Groningen 2nd (junior C)2002 Den Haag 4th (junior B)2003 Heerenveen 2nd (junior B)2004 Groningen 5th (junior A)2005 Zoetermeer 2nd (junior A)2006 Heerenveen 6th (senior)2007 Den Haag 4th (senior)2008 Amsterdam 6th (senior)2009 Zoetermeer -2010 Tilburg 4th (senior)Dutch Championships relay:2000 's- Hertogenbosch 1st (junior)2001 Groningen 2nd (junior)2002 Den Haag 1st (junior)2003 Heerenveen 1st (junior)2004 Groningen 2nd (junior)2005 Zoetermeer 1st (senior)2006 Heerenveen 1st (senior)2007 Den Haag 1st (senior)2008 Amsterdam 1st (senior)2009 Zoetermeer -2010 Tilburg 1st (senior)World Junior Championships:2003 Budapest 32nd (individual) 6th (relay)*2005 Belgrado reserve skaterWorld Cups:2007 Heerenveen 14th (1000m individual) 17th (500m individual) 4th (relay)2008 Peking 31st (500m individual) 28th (1500m individual)2008 Nagano 24th (1500m individual) 29th (1500m individual)