Stien Kaiser

Stien Kaiser

Stien Kaiser
Personal information
Born	May 20, 1938 (1938-05-20) Delft, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Medal record Women's speed skating Competitor for the Netherlands Olympic Games Gold 1972 Sapporo 3000 m Silver 1972 Sapporo 1500 m Bronze 1968 Grenoble 1500 m Bronze 1968 Grenoble 3000 m World Championships Gold 1967 Deventer Allround Gold 1968 Helsinki Allround Silver 1969 Grenoble Allround Silver 1970 West-Allis Allround Silver 1971 Helsinki Allround Silver 1972 Heerenveen Allround Bronze 1965 Oulu Allround Bronze 1966 Trondheim Allround European Championships Silver 1970 Heerenveen Allround

Christina ("Stien") Wilhelmina Baas-Kaiser (born 20 May 1938 in Delft, Zuid-Holland) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.

Having not been selected for the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Stien Baas-Kaiser (then Stien Kaiser) soon turned out to be the first Dutch female world class speed skater. In both 1965 and 1966, she won bronze at the World Allround Championships. After having become World Allround Champion twice (in 1967 and 1968) – and also winning her 3rd and 4th Dutch Allround Championships those years – she participated at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Her two bronze medals – on the 1,500 m, behind Finnish skater Kaija Mustonen and Dutch compatriot Carry Geijssen, and on the 3,000 m behind compatriot Ans Schut and, once more, Kaija Mustonen – were a bit disappointing. Not she, but Geijssen (who not only won silver on the 1,500 m, but also gold on the 1,000 m) and Schut became the Dutch heroines of those Olympics.

Although she was still a formidable competitor in the years that followed, Kaiser was slightly surpassed at major championships by Atje Keulen-Deelstra, who was the same age as Kaiser. In 1972, by then married and 33 years old, Baas-Kaiser was no longer really considered to be a favourite, especially not after her disappointing 11th place at the European Allround Championships. At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Baas-Kaiser originally was not meant to skate, but since fellow Dutch skater Trijnie Rep had disappointed on the 500 m (finishing 20th) and the 1,000 m (finishing 24th), Baas-Kaiser was given a chance on the 1,500 m and the 3,000 m. And she turned it into something beautiful: On the 1,500 m, she won silver behind Dianne Holum, but ahead of Atje Keulen-Deelstra, and on the 3,000 m two days later, she became Olympic Champion ahead of Holum and Keulen-Deelstra. She ended her skating career later that year with a silver medal at the World Allround Championships.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Baas-Kaiser at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:

Championships	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
Winter Olympics	1972 (3,000 m)	1972 (1,500 m)	1968 (1,500 m) 1968 (3,000 m)
World Allround	1967 1968	1969 1970 1971 1972	1965 1966
World Sprint	–	–	–
European Allround	–	1970	–
Dutch Allround	1964 1965 1967 1968 1969 1971	1970 1972	1966

Note that during Stien's career the European Speed Skating Championships for Women were only organised during 1970, 1971 and 1972.

Records

Over the course of her career, Baas-Kaiser skated nine world records and twenty-seven Dutch records:

World records Distance Result Date Location 3,000 m 5:04.8 29 January 1967 Davos 3,000 m 4:56.8 5 March 1967 Inzell Mini combination 188.634 5 March 1967 Inzell 3,000 m 4:54.6 3 February 1968 Davos 1,000 m 1:31.0 3 March 1968 Inzell 1,500 m 2:15.8 15 January 1971 Davos 3,000 m 4:46.5 16 January 1971 Davos 1,000 m 1:29.0 16 January 1971 Davos Mini combination 182.817 16 January 1971 Davos

Dutch records Distance Result Date Location 3,000 m 5:36.4 25 Jan 1964 Amsterdam Mini combination 213.317 25 Jan 1964 Amsterdam 500 m 48.8 7 Mar 1964 Deventer 1000 m 1:37.3 8 Mar 1964 Deventer 3,000 m 5:29.9 8 Mar 1964 Deventer Mini combination 205.366 8 Mar 1964 Deventer 1500 m 2:30.8 2 Jan 1965 Amsterdam 3,000 m 5:23.1 3 Jan 1965 Amsterdam Mini combination 203.267 3 Jan 1965 Amsterdam 500 m 48.1 7 Jan 1967 Amsterdam 1500 m 2:30.4 7 Jan 1967 Amsterdam 1000 m 1:35.8 8 Jan 1967 Amsterdam 3000 m 5:16.5 8 Jan 1967 Amsterdam Mini combination 198.883 8 Jan 1967 Amsterdam 500 m 46.5 18 Feb 1967 Deventer 1500 m 2:23.0 18 Feb 1967 Deventer Mini combination 195.384 19 Feb 1967 Deventer 3,000 m 5:14.6 17 Dec 1967 Heerenveen 3,000 m 5:02.5 12 Jan 1969 Heerenveen Mini combination 194.100 12 Jan 1969 Heerenveen 1500 m 2:21.5 1 Feb 1969 Grenoble Mini combination 190.483 2 Feb 1969 Grenoble 1500 m 2:15.8 15 Jan 1971 Davos 1000 m 1:29.0 16 Jan 1971 Davos 3,000 m 4:46.5 16 Jan 1971 Davos Mini combination 182.817 16 Jan 1971 Davos Sprint combination 180.220 21 Feb 1971 Inzell Note that Dutch records till the 1968 season only could be skated in the Netherlands

Personal records Distance Result Date Location 500 m 44.81 4 Mar 1972 Heerenveen 1,000 m 1:29.0 16 Jan 1971 Davos 1,500 m 2:15.8 15 Jan 1971 Davos 3,000 m 4:46.5 16 Jan 1971 Davos Mini combination 182.817 16 Jan 1971 Davos

Awards
Preceded by Ada Kok	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1967	Succeeded by Ada Kok

References

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External links

• Stien Baas-Kaiser at SkateResults.com