Huisman made his debut in marathon speed skating in 2005 to become one of the best sprinters in the peloton.

His biggest success was winning the Dutch championship on natural ice in 2009 at the Oostvaardersplassen.

A year later Huisman won the Essent Cup[1] and the Dutch Open at the Austrian Weissensee.

[3] His sister, Mariska Huisman, is one of the Netherlands' most successful female marathon speed skaters.

On 30 December 2013, Huisman died of cardiac arrest, aged only 27.