Frida van Megen

Van Megen was born in a village east of Oslo as a child of Dutch parents. Frida started skating at Båstad IL in Trøgstad. After the 2004/05 season, Van Megen made the switch to Rakkestad IF in Rakkestad. Her father André, together with his four children, chose to train with the coach Ivar Njøs, who gave training at Rakkestad IF. In 2006 and 2007 Van Megen became national junior allround champion. In 2007 she competed at the World Junior Championships, where she finished in 29th place. After this she had to stop for a while due to Crohn's disease. After studying Nutrition and Health at the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands, she picked up her training again at the local ice club. At the end of 2013 she moved to Hamar as a clinical nutritionist at Sykehuset Innlandet.[2]

She made her international senior debut in 2006–07 at the World Cup in Erfurt in the B division in the 1500 metres event. In the A division she competed in the mass start at the 2014-15 World Cup in Hamar. She represented Norway at the 2015 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, finishing 24th overall.[3] She ended her international career in the 2015/16 season.

Between 2006 and 2015 she had 25 starts at national championships. She became national champion in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres at the 2015 Norwegian Single Distances Championships. Furthermore, she won two silver and two bronze medals at national championships.[3]