Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Weight 66 kg (146 lb) | Sport Speed skating Name Sijtje der | |
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Born 31 January 1950 (age 74) ( 1950-01-31 ) Sonnega, Netherlands | ||
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.
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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.