Suzanne Schulting
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Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 25 September 1997 Groningen,Netherlands[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Short track speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Team IKO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personalbest(s) | 500m: 42.330 (2021) 1000m: 1:26:514WR(2022) 1500m: 2:18:594 (2021) 3000m: 5:06:350 (2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Suzanne Schulting(Dutch pronunciation:[syˈzɑnəˈsxʏltɪŋ];born 25 September 1997) is a Dutchshort track speed skaterwho is also active as along track speed skater.At the2018 Winter Olympics,she won the Netherlands' first-ever gold medal in short track speed skating and became one of the youngest-ever Dutch Winter Olympic champions.[2]She is also a two-time overall World Champion (2019, 2021) and three-time overall European Champion (2019, 2020, 2021), and the current world record holder for 1000m.
Biography
[edit]Schulting took up short track speed skating when she was eight years old in Thialf,Heerenveen.She won a gold medal in the 1500m event at the2016 World Junior Championshipsin Sofia.[2]
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the3000m relay[3]and a gold medal in the1000m.This was the first time the Netherlands had ever won a gold medal in short track speed skating. At just 20 years old, she became the second youngest Dutch Olympic gold medalist in any discipline at a Winter Olympics.[4]In December 2018, she was named theDutch Sportswoman of the Year.[5]
During the 2018–19 season, she finished first overall at the2019 European Championshipsand2019 World Championships.The following season, Schulting successfully defended her title at the2020 European Championships,while theWorld ChampionshipsinSeoulwas canceled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.Schulting was once again crowned overall champion after winning every single race she started in at both the2021 European Championshipsand2021 World Championships,though many prominent countries didn't attend or boycotted the latter for various reasons, including the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
Schulting competed for Netherlands in short track speed skating at the2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Gamesin February 2022, winning gold in the1000 metresas well as the3000 metre relay,settinga new world and Olympic recordfor the 1000 metres during the quarterfinal. She also won a silver medal in the500 metres,setting a new Olympic record during the heats, and a bronze in the1500 metres.
Schulting did not compete at the2022 World Championshipsin Montreal after testing positive for COVID-19.
Schulting studies at the Dutch Language Institute (NTI) inLeiden.[2]
Personal records
[edit]Personal records[7] | ||||
Speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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500-meter | 37.71 | 27 December 2020 | Thialf,Heerenveen | |
1000 meter | 1:13.97 | 28 December 2020 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
1500 meter | 1:57.02 | 25 September 2021 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
3000 meter | 4:23.78 | 20 December 2014 | Thialf, Heerenveen |
Tournament overview: long track speed skating
[edit]Season |
Dutch Championships Single Distances |
Dutch Championships Sprint |
World Championships Single Distances |
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2015–16 | 11th1000m 11thMass start |
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2016–17 | 6th500m 4th1000m Mass start |
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2017–18 | 8th1000m | ||
2018–19 | 15th500m 13th1000m 16thMass start |
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2019–20 | Mass start | ||
2020–21 |
6th1000m |
5th 500m 1000m 4th 500m 4th 1000m overall |
HEERENVEEN 14th500m 8th1000m |
References
[edit]- ^"Suzanne Schulting".ISU Portal.Retrieved10 February2018.
- ^abc"Suzanne Schulting".Pyeongchang 2018.Archived fromthe originalon 12 September 2019.Retrieved9 February2018.
- ^"Short Track Speed Skating – Ladies' 3,000m Relay – Finals Results"(PDF).Pyeongchang 2018.International Olympic Committee.20 February 2018. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 20 February 2018.Retrieved20 February2018.
- ^"Medal Ceremony: Dutch finally get short track gold".Retrieved23 February2018.
- ^"Skaters Schulting, Nuis named Dutch Sportswoman, Sportsman of Year 2018".China Daily.Retrieved27 December2018.
- ^"Superieure Schulting wint alle afstanden en prolongeert allroundtitel op WK".nos.nl(in Dutch). 7 March 2021.Retrieved14 May2021.
- ^"Suzanne Schulting".speedskatingresults.Retrieved14 February2022.
- ^"Suzanne Schulting".SpeedSkatingNews.
- ^"Suzanne Schulting".speedskatingstats.Retrieved16 February2021.
- ^"Suzanne Schulting".schaatsstatistieken.nl.Retrieved16 February2021.
External links
[edit]- Suzanne Schultingat theInternational Skating Union
- Suzanne Schultingin SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
- Suzanne Schultingat SpeedSkatingNews.info
- Suzanne Schultingat SpeedSkatingStats
- Suzanne Schultingat ShortTrackOnLine.info
- Suzanne SchultingatOlympics
- Suzanne SchultingatTeamNL(archive)(in Dutch)
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Dutch female short track speed skaters
- Olympic short track speed skaters for the Netherlands
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
- Short track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Short track speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
- World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Groningen (city)
- 21st-century Dutch women
- 21st-century Dutch people