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Jan 31, 1950 Sonnega, Friesland, Netherlands 74 years old
Dutch speed skater
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About Sijtje Van Der Lende
- Sijtje van der Lende (born 31 January 1950) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands and a skating coach.
- She competed at the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics in all distances from 500 to 3000 m.
- Her best achievement was ninth place in the 3000 m in 1976.She won the national allround title in 1976 and 1977 and finished in third place in 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1980.Personal bests: 500 m – 43.66 (1980) 1000 m – 1:25.86 (1980) 1500 m – 2:12.59 (1979) 3000 m – 4:39.15 (1977) 5000 m – 8:25.3 (1982)After retirement she worked as a skating coach with various teams in the Netherlands, and in 1994 became the first female national coach.
- Her last professional speedskatingteam was VPZ (2005-2008).
- From 2008 till the Olympic winter games at Vancouver in 2010 she works with the national team of China.
- At the moment she's advisor for Topteam North Netherlands, a group of talented young speed skaters in this district.
