Men
NED
Ronald Mulder
NED- Date of birth27 Feb 1986
- Height186 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownZwolle
- Place of birthZwolle
- Start skating Club He was involved in figure skating and skeelering [a form of inline skating] as a child. He began speed skating at age 23. Team Reggeborgh: Netherlands
- HobbiesHome improvement, playing the guitar. (eigenhuisentuin.nl, 13 May 2017; iskate.nl, 26 Feb 2017)
- LanguagesDutch, English, German
- FamliyWife Inge Hegeman, sons Mees, Lenn and Cato [2021]
- CoachN/A
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"Use all the talent you have." (Athlete, 24 Feb 2016)
Canadian speed skater Jeremy Wotherspoon. (Athlete, 24 Feb 2016)
Coach Gerard van Velde. (Athlete, 24 Feb 2016)
He sustained a groin injury during the 500m at the 2021 Dutch National Single Distances Championships and was ruled out of the rest of the tournament. (schaatsen.nl, 04 Nov 2021)
He had surgery on his tonsils in November 2020. (Instagram profile, 22 Nov 2020)
He missed the start of the 2018/19 season with a back injury and pneumonia. (schaatsen.nl, 08 Feb 2019)
He injured his groin while competing at the 2015 World Cup event in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. The injury, which he sustained during the 500m, ruled him out of the team sprint. (isu.org, 22 Nov 2015)
In July 2015 he sustained a fracture to his right hand, two fractures to his left hand, and broke his left arm after colliding with an announcer at the 2015 European Inline Speed Skating Championships in Worgl, Austria. The fracture to his right hand was the most complicated to heal, and he was unable to compete for 12 weeks. (nu.nl, 08 Aug 2015; ronald-mulder.nl, 27 Jul 2015)
He injured his groin in 2011. (Athlete, 24 Feb 2016)
He had surgery on his tonsils in November 2020. (Instagram profile, 22 Nov 2020)
He missed the start of the 2018/19 season with a back injury and pneumonia. (schaatsen.nl, 08 Feb 2019)
He injured his groin while competing at the 2015 World Cup event in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. The injury, which he sustained during the 500m, ruled him out of the team sprint. (isu.org, 22 Nov 2015)
In July 2015 he sustained a fracture to his right hand, two fractures to his left hand, and broke his left arm after colliding with an announcer at the 2015 European Inline Speed Skating Championships in Worgl, Austria. The fracture to his right hand was the most complicated to heal, and he was unable to compete for 12 weeks. (nu.nl, 08 Aug 2015; ronald-mulder.nl, 27 Jul 2015)
He injured his groin in 2011. (Athlete, 24 Feb 2016)
INLINE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR
He and his brother Michel served as the tournament directors of the 2018 World Inline Skating Championships in Heerde and Arnhem, Netherlands. (schaatsen.nl, 24 May 2018)
He and his brother Michel served as the tournament directors of the 2018 World Inline Skating Championships in Heerde and Arnhem, Netherlands. (schaatsen.nl, 24 May 2018)
He has represented the Netherlands in roller speed skating, winning multiple European championship titles in the sport. (Twitter profile, 15 Aug 2017; broertjesmulder.nl, 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 18 Dec 2015)
He had six brothers who all skated, so they encouraged him to try the sport. He was also inspired after watching the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano.
