Jutta Leerdam's speed skating suit from the Winter Olympics in Milan has sold for €195,000 (£170,453) at auction, breaking a record previously held by Cristiano Ronaldo. The Dutch athlete won gold in the 1000m and silver in the 500m last month.
The auction, organised by TeamNL and the Dutch Olympic Committee, raised a total of €275,345 (£240,684k) from 86 items worn by the Dutch speed skating team. Proceeds will go to IJsvereniging Pijnacker, Leerdam's childhood club.
Club chairman Johan van Dam said: 'We are incredibly happy with this and feel a responsibility to carefully consider how we can best use this wonderful amount.' Club official Jacquielin van Winden added: 'This is incredible. We are absolutely astonished as we watched it.'
The winning bid came from a buyer in the Netherlands, after a bidding war drove the price from £8,416 to over £170,000 in hours. The sale surpassed the previous record on sports memorabilia platform MWS, held by a Ronaldo shirt sold for under €63,000 (£55,000).
Other items sold included Leerdam's closing ceremony jacket for €4,826 (£4,218), Femke Kok's suit for €4,602 (£4,022), Kjeld Nuis's suit for €1,010 (£882.87), a flag for €400 (£349.65), and Jorrit Bergsma's headband for €370 (£323.43).
