Yara van Kerkhof ( Dutch: Yara van Kerkhof ; born May 31, 1990 , Zoetermeer , South Holland ) - Dutch short-track player , medalist of the 2018 Olympic Games, 2011 World Short Track Championships and Championships 2018 Europe . At the 2018 Winter Olympics , she won a silver medal in the women's short track competition at a distance of 500 meters . Thus, for the first time in the history of the Dutch team at the Olympic Games, the representative of this country won a medal in the short track [1] .
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| Citizenship |  Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of Birth | May 31, 1990 (29 years old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Zoetermeer , the Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 163 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | IJsvereniging Zoetermeer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Jeroen otter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | competes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: February 13, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sports career
Jara van Kerkhof was born in the city of Zoetermeer , province of South Holland . She has been training since 2001 on the basis of the IJsvereniging Zoetermeer club under the leadership of Jeroen Otter. Studied at The Hague University of Applied Sciences , where she studied the internal processes of a person during recovery and sports ((Human Movement Science (HMS)). She is the sister of another Dutch short-tracker - Sanne van Kirkhof [2] . For her character and athletic qualities, Yara was nicknamed “ Pit Bull ” [3] .
Van Kerckhof won her first medal at an international competition during the 2011 World Short Track Championships in Sheffield , UK . Her team in the women's relay at 3000 m with a score of 4: 17.725 took the second place in the race, ahead of rivals from Canada (4: 18.043 - 3rd place), but lost the championship to athletes from China (4: 16.295 - 1st place) [ 4] [5] .
Van Kerkoff's next silver medal was won at the 2018 European Short Track Championships in Dresden . In the 1500m race with a score of 2: 37.373, she took second place, ahead of the athlete from Hungary (2: 37.689 - 3rd place), but lost the lead to a competitor from Italy (2: 36.889 - 1st place) [6 ] .
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Van Kirkhof was declared to participate in the race at 500 and 1000 meters [7] [8] [9] .
On February 13, 2018, during the final women's 500m race, Van Kerckhof finished third with a result of 43.256. From the very start and up to the last, fifth round, she went fifth. Everything changed at the last corner before the finish. An incident helped her to get ahead, immediately overtaking two rivals, when the South Korean short-track player Choi Min John (who finished second) crashed into a British woman, Eliza Christie, during a turn. After the meeting, the judges decided to disqualify Choi Min John. Thus, van Kirkhof took second place, losing to Italian Arianna Fontane (42.569 - 1st place), but ahead of Canada Kim Buten (43.881 - 3rd place) [1] [10] [11] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Yara van Kerkhof pakt zilver op 500 meter shorttrack (nid.) . www.dvhn.nl (February 13, 2018). Date of treatment February 13, 2018. Archived on February 13, 2018.
- ↑ ST - Person Bio . www.isu.html.infostradasports.com. Date of treatment February 12, 2018. Archived on February 12, 2018.
- ↑ Pitbull Yara van Kerkhof gelooft eindelijk in zichzelf (nid.) . Archived on November 10, 2017. Date of treatment February 12, 2018.
- ↑ Short Track Speed Skating - Results . shorttrack.sportresult.com. Date of treatment February 12, 2018. Archived on February 12, 2018.
- ↑ Short Track: World Championship 2010/2011 - Results Women . www.the-sports.org. Date of treatment February 12, 2018. Archived on February 12, 2018.
- ↑ Short Track Speed Skating - Results . shorttrack.sportresult.com. Date of treatment February 12, 2018. Archived on January 14, 2018.
- ↑ Yara van Kerkhof en Lara van Ruijven in olympische shorttrackploeg (nl-NL), Omroep West . Archived on February 8, 2018. Date of treatment February 12, 2018.
- ↑ Short track, Olimpiadi Invernali PyeongChang 2018: tutti i convocati e l'elenco completo dei partecipanti. Il numero di iscritti per Nazione (it-IT), OA Sport . Archived February 12, 2018. Date of treatment February 12, 2018.
- ↑ Short Track Speed Skating | Athlete Profile: Yara VAN KERKHOF - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games . www.pyeongchang2018.com. Date of treatment February 12, 2018. Archived on February 12, 2018.
- ↑ Short Track Speed Skating | Results Ladies' 500m Final A - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games . www.pyeongchang2018.com. Date of treatment February 13, 2018. Archived on February 13, 2018.
- ↑ Van Kerkhof imponerend naar finale op 500 meter (nid.) . Archived February 13, 2018. Date of treatment February 13, 2018.
Links
- Yara van Kirkhof - profile on Shorttrackonline (eng.)
- Yara van Kirkhof - profile on the website of the International Union of Skaters (English)
- Yara van Kirkhof - profile on News.sportbox (rus.)
- Yara van Kirkhof (inaccessible link) - profile on the Eurosport.ru website (Russian)
- Yara van Kirkhof - profile on Team.nl (nid.)
- Yara van Kirkhof - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com