Thijsje Oenema

Thijsje Oenema
Oenema in 2013
Personal information
Born (1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 (age 36)
Heerenveen, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro2005
Retired2016
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Heerenveen 500 m

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 Dutch SD Dutch Sprint World SD World Sprint World Cup Olympics
2005–06 16th 2x500 m Did not
participate		 Not held Did not
participate		 Did not
participate		 Did not
participate
2006–07 11th 2x500 m Did not
participate		 Not held
2007–08 13th 2x500 m
16th 1000 m
2008–09 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2x500 m 16th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 100 m
17th 500 m
2009–10 4th 2x500 m
9th 1000 m		 Did not
finish		 Not held 8th 500 m 15th 2x500 m
2010–11 5th 2x500 m
18th 1000 m		 5th Did not
participate		 11th 500 m Not held
2011–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2x500 m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000 m
19th 1500 m		 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2x500 m 10th 5th 500 m
13th 1000 m
2012–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2x500 m
13th 1000 m		 4th 5th 2x500 m 4th 6th 500 m
2013–14 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2x500 m
10th 1000 m		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Not held 7th 8th 500 m
21st 1000 m
28th GWC		 Did not
participate
2014–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2x500 m
11th 1000 m		 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4th 2x500 m 9th 7th 500 m
29th 1000 m
29th GWC		 Not held

[3][4]

Medals

Championship 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dutch Single Distance
3
1
2
Dutch Sprint
1
1
1
World Single Distance
0
0
1
World Cup
0
1
0

References

  1. ^ a b 'Patient' in Oenema surprised Thialf Archived 2009-04-05 at the Wayback Machine Aegon NK Distances, 31 October 2008.
  2. ^ First Course title in 2009 for Thijsje Oenema " KNSB, 7 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Thijsje Oenema - SchaatsStatistieken.nl".
  4. ^ "Thijsje Oenema - SchaatsStatistieken.nl".