Thijsje Oenema Explained

Thijsje Oenema
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Country:Netherlands
Birth Date:6 June 1988
Birth Place:Heerenveen, Netherlands
Turnedpro:2005
Retired:2016

Thijsje Oenema (born 6 June 1988) is a Dutch speed skater and "short-track sprinter". She is specialised on the short distances.

Oenema skates for the VPZ skating team and is a member for skating club S.T.D. Sint Nicolaasga. Her breakthrough was during the 2009 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships, winning the bronze medal at the 500 m. This was very surprising because in the 2007–08 season she was not able to skate because of Pfeiffer's disease.[1] With this third place she qualified for the first time for the World Cup.[1]

Oenema also showed that season that she is also very strong at the 100 m. In 2006 and 2007 she was already the Dutch champion at this distance. In 2009, she regained her title she lost in the year before by winning on the ice of Lekkerkerk.[2] In the same season she took the title at the Dutch championships supersprint.

Although her start of the season 2010 was weak, she managed to qualify for the Olympics in Vancouver by beating Marianne Timmer in a skate-off.

Speed skating

Results

Season
2005–06 Did not
participate
Not held Did not
participate
Did not
participate
Did not
participate
2006–07 Did not
participate
Not held
2007–08 13th 2x500 m
16th 1000 m
2008–09
2009–10 4th 2x500 m
9th 1000 m
Did not
finish
Not held
2010–11 5th 2x500 m
18th 1000 m
Did not
participate
Not held
2011–12 2x500 m
1000 m
19th 1500 m
2012–13 2x500 m
13th 1000 m
2013–14 2x500 m
10th 1000 m
Not held Did not
participate
2014–15 2x500 m
11th 1000 m
Not held
[3] [4]

Medals

Notes and References

  1. http://www.aegonnkafstanden.nl/live-2009/nk/afstanden/content/nieuws/?nieuws=5781 'Patient' in Oenema surprised Thialf
  2. https://archive.today/20120527070713/http://www.knsb.nl/KNSB-nieuws/vervolg_ndb.asp?ID=6148 First Course title in 2009 for Thijsje Oenema "
  3. Web site: Thijsje Oenema - SchaatsStatistieken.nl.
  4. Web site: Thijsje Oenema - SchaatsStatistieken.nl.