Lindsay van Zundert

Lindsay van Zundert (born 1 February 2005) is a Dutch figure skater. She is the 2020 NRW Trophy champion and a two-time Dutch junior national champion (2019, 2020).

Lindsay van Zundert
Personal information
Country represented Netherlands
Born (2005-02-01) 1 February 2005
Etten-Leur, Netherlands
Home townBreda, Netherlands
CoachJorik Hendrickx
Carine Herrygers
Former coachAns Bocklandt
ChoreographerBenoît Richaud
Ans Bocklandt
Skating clubFAN Eindhoven
Training locationsTilburg, Netherlands
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Former training locationsCourchevel, France
Wilrijk, Belgium
Florida, United States
Andorra
ISU personal best scores
Combined total141.93
2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Short program51.65
2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Free skate90.28
2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy

Personal life

Van Zundert was born on 1 February 2005 in Etten-Leur. As of 2020, she is currently a mavo-4 student at Graaf Engelbrecht in Breda.[1]

Career

Early career

Van Zundert began skating at the age of seven.[2] She competed at domestic Belgian competitions early in her career.[3] In 2015, van Zundert began training under Ans Bocklandt in Courchevel, France and Wilrijk, Belgium.

Van Zundert is the 2017 and 2018 Dutch advanced novice national champion.[4] She also won the 2019 Dutch junior national title, but was not sent to the 2019 World Junior Championships.

2019–2020 season

Van Zundert attended several training seminars both abroad in Andorra, France, and the United States, as well as domestic ones sponsored by Joan Haanappel's Netherlands Figure Skating Foundation. She went door-to-door in Etten-Leur to collection donations and bottles to finance her trips.[2]

Van Zundert made her Junior Grand Prix debut at 2019 JGP France, finishing 21st. Her result was not strong enough to earn the Netherlands a spot at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. Van Zundert then finished sixth at the Tallinn Trophy. She won her first international medal, silver, at the Santa Claus Cup. After a fourth-place finish at the 2020 Bavarian Open, van Zundert was named to the 2020 World Junior Championships team.[5] She defended her junior national title the following month. At Junior Worlds, van Zundert finished 29th in the short program and did not qualify to the final segment.[6]

2020–2021 season

Due to the cancellation of the Junior Grand Prix, van Zundert opened her season by making her senior international debut at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where she was the youngest competitor. She earned all personal bests to finish seventh overall. Her coach was unable to travel from Belgium and she was accompanied by Lorenzo Magri, an Italian coach she knew from training.[1][7] After the competition, she announced she was leaving her longtime coach, Ans Bocklandt, to train under Jorik Hendrickx and Carine Herrygers in Eindhoven and Tilburg.[8] In November, van Zundert won her first international title at the 2020 NRW Trophy ahead of Josefin Taljegård and Jenni Saarinen. Her results earned her the technical minimums for the 2021 European Championships.[9]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2020–2021
[10]
2019–2020
[11]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[12]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
CS Nebelhorn7th
Challenge Cup TBD
NRW Trophy1st
Winter Star2nd
Tallink Hotels Cup TBD
International: Junior[12]
Junior Worlds29th
JGP France21st
Bavarian Open7th14th1
Challenge Cup5th9th
Christmas Cup8th
Prague Ice Cup12th
Printemps6th
Santa Claus Cup2nd
Tallinn Trophy6th
International: Advanced novice[3]
Challenge Cup7th10th
NRW Trophy12th
Printemps6th5th
Rooster Cup14th
Volvo Open Cup20th
National[3]
Dutch Champ.1st N1st N1st J1st JTBD
1 Group I; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: N = Adv. novice; J = Junior

References
  1. van den Aarssen, Ben (20 November 2020). "Kunstschaatsster Lindsay van Zundert heeft haar glimlach terug" [Figure skater Lindsay van Zundert has her smile back]. BN DeStem (in Dutch).
  2. van den Broek, Marlou (26 June 2019). "Lindsay (14) belde stomtoevallig aan bij juiste deur en kan nu misschien naar Olympische Spelen" [Lindsay (14) just happened to ring the right door and could now go to the Olympics]. Omroep Brabant (in Dutch).
  3. "Lindsay van ZUNDERT". RinkResults.
  4. Smit, Natasha (22 February 2019). "Lindsay van Zundert glijdt sierlijk over het ijs en wint de titel" [Lindsay van Zundert slides gracefully over the ice and wins the title]. Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch).
  5. "Van Zundert naar WK Junioren Kunstrijden in Tallinn" [Van Zundert to World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn]. Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). 12 February 2020.
  6. "Van Zundert komt tekort voor finaleplaats op WK Kunstrijden voor junioren" [Van Zundert falls short for the final segment at the World Figure Skating Championships for juniors]. Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). 6 February 2020.
  7. Veltman, Anjuli (27 September 2020). "Geslaagd debuut bij senioren voor Van Zundert: 'Nu kan ik weer vooruit'" [Successful senior debut for Van Zundert: 'Now I can move forward again']. Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch).
  8. "Van Zundert wisselt van coach en kiest voor olympiër Hendrickx" [Van Zundert changes coach and opts for Olympian Hendrickx]. Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). 16 November 2020.
  9. van Beek, Yvonne (30 November 2020). "Kunstschaatsster Van Zundert (15) uit Etten-Leur wint Duitse NRW Trophy en plaatst zich voor EK" [Figure skater Van Zundert (15) from Etten-Leur wins German NRW Trophy and qualifies for European Championship]. BN DeStem (in Dutch).
  10. "Lindsay VAN ZUNDERT: 2020/2021". International Skating Union.
  11. "Lindsay VAN ZUNDERT: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020.
  12. "Lindsay VAN ZUNDERT: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
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