Alternative names Astrid Shrubb Country represented Netherlands | Retired c. 1980 | |
Training locations Netherlands
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Coaches Joan Haanappel, Neil Carpenter | ||
Astrid Jansen in de Wal, later surname Shrubb, is a Dutch former competitive figure skater. She is a three-time Dutch national champion and competed at five ISU Championships.
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Personal life
Astrid Jansen in de Wal is a dual citizen of Canada and the Netherlands. She is the sister of Canadian soccer player Steve Jansen.
Career
Early in her career, Jansen trained in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, and at the Hamilton-Stoney Creek Skating Club in Hamilton, Ontario. Encouraged by a coach, Neil Carpenter, she decided to represent the Netherlands and moved to that country to train under Joan Haanappel.
Jansen won the first of her three consecutive Dutch national titles in the 1977–78 season. A competitor at five ISU Championships, she finished 17th at the 1978 Europeans in Strasbourg, France; 18th at the 1978 Worlds in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 20th at the 1979 Europeans in Zagreb, Yugoslavia; 23rd at the 1979 Worlds in Vienna, Austria; and 18th at the 1980 Europeans in Gothenburg, Sweden.
After retiring from competition, Jansen became a skating coach with a focus on spins. She joined Kim Yuna's coaching team in 2007.