Thijsje Oenema

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

Thijsje Oenema
Thijsje Oenema
Personal information
Born (1988-06-06) 6 June 1988
Heerenveen, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro2005
Retired2016
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships
2012 Heerenveen500 m

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
2005–0616th 2x500 mDid not
participate		Not heldDid not
participate		Did not
participate		Did not
participate
2006–0711th 2x500 mDid not
participate		Not held
2007–0813th 2x500 m
16th 1000 m
2008–09 2x500 m16th 100 m
17th 500 m
2009–104th 2x500 m
9th 1000 m		Did not
finish		Not held8th 500 m15th 2x500 m
2010–115th 2x500 m
18th 1000 m		5thDid not
participate		11th 500 mNot held
2011–12 2x500 m
1000 m
19th 1500 m		 2x500 m10th5th 500 m
13th 1000 m
2012–13 2x500 m
13th 1000 m		4th5th 2x500 m4th6th 500 m
2013–14 2x500 m
10th 1000 m		Not held7th8th 500 m
21st 1000 m
28th GWC		Did not
participate
2014–15 2x500 m
11th 1000 m		4th 2x500 m9th7th 500 m
29th 1000 m
29th GWC		Not held

[3][4]

Medals
Championship
Dutch Single Distance
3
1
2
Dutch Sprint
1
1
1
World Single Distance
0
0
1
World Cup
0
1
0

References
  1. '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. http://www.schaatsstatistieken.nl/index.php?file=schaatser&code=1988060601
  4. http://www.schaatsstatistieken.nl/index.php?file=schaatser&code=1988060601&item=wc
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