| Birth Date: | 31 January 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Sonnega, Netherlands |
| Height: | 1.75m (05.74feet) |
| Weight: | 66kg (146lb) |
| Sport: | Speed skating |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Sijtje van der Lende (born 31 January 1950) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands and a skating coach. She competed at the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics in all distances from 500 to 3000 m. Her best achievement was ninth place in the 3000 m in 1976.
She won the national allround title in 1976 and 1977 and finished in third place in 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1980.
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After retirement she worked as a skating coach with various teams in the Netherlands, and in 1994 became the first female national coach. Her last professional speedskatingteam was VPZ (2005-2008). From 2008 till the Olympic winter games at Vancouver in 2010 she works with the national team of China. At the moment she's advisor for Topteam North Netherlands, a group of talented young speed skaters in this district.