Yvonne van Gennip

Yvonne van Gennip

Yvonne van Gennip (1987)
Personal information
Born	May 1, 1964 (1964-05-01) Haarlem, Netherlands
Website	www.yvonnevangennip.nl
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Turned pro	1983
Medal record Women’s speed skating Competitor for the Netherlands Olympic Games Gold 1988 Calgary 1500 m Gold 1988 Calgary 3000 m Gold 1988 Calgary 5000 m World Championships Silver 1988 Skien All round Bronze 1987 West Allis All round Bronze 1989 Lake Placid All round European Championships Silver 1985 Groningen All round Silver 1986 Geihus All round Silver 1987 Groningen All round Bronze 1988 Kongsberg All round Bronze 1991 Sarajevo All round World Junior Championships Silver 1982 Innsbruck Allround Bronze 1981 Elverum Allround

Yvonne Maria van Gennip (born May 1, 1964 in Haarlem) is one of the most successful female Dutch all-round speed skaters. Her main success dates from the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where she surprisingly won three gold medals. She was the most successful athlete at the 1988 Winter Olympics, along with Matti Nykänen of Finland.

After she had injured her foot, and had surgery less than two months before the games, the East German women were heavily favoured to win the distances over 500 meters. But van Gennip smashed the world record by almost 5 seconds to win the 3,000 metres, beat her personal record by almost 4 seconds to win the 1,500 metres, and was almost 7 seconds faster than her own world record time to win the 5,000 metres as well.

Yvonne van Gennip participated in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville as well, but did not win a medal. She won a silver medal in the 1988 world championships, and bronze medals in the 1987 and 1989 world championships.

Records

Personal records

Personal records
Women's Speed skating
Distance	Time	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	41.54	March 19, 1987	Calgary
1,000 m	1.21.21	February 12, 1989	Calgary
1,500 m	2:00.68	February 27, 1988	Calgary
3,000 m	4.11,94	February 23, 1988	Calgary
5,000 m	7:14.13	February 28, 1988	Calgary
10,000 m	15:25.25	March 19, 1988	Heerenveen

World records

Distance	Time	Date	Location
3,000 m	4:16.85	March 19, 1987	Heerenveen
5,000 m	7:20.35	March 20, 1987	Heerenveen
3,000 m	4:11.94	February 23, 1988	Calgary
5,000 m	7:14.13	February 28, 1988	Calgary

Olympic Games
1500 m	11th	Sarajevo	YUG	Feb. 9	1984
1000 m	6th	Sarajevo	YUG	Feb. 13	1984
3000 m	5th	Sarajevo	YUG	Feb. 15	1984
3000 m	Gold	Calgary	CAN	Feb. 23	1988
1500 m	Gold	Calgary	CAN	Feb. 27	1988
5000 m	Gold	Calgary	CAN	Feb. 28	1988
1500 m	NF	Albertville	FRA	Feb. 12	1992
3000 m	6th	Albertville	FRA	Feb. 9	1992
5000 m	NS	Albertville	FRA	Feb. 17	1992
World Championships Allround
1984	12th	Deventer	NED	Jan. 29	1984
1985	4th	Sarajevo	YUG	Feb. 10	1985
1986	4th	The Hague	NED	Feb. 9	1986
1987	Bronze	West Allis	U.S.	Feb. 8	1987
1988	Silver	Skien	NOR	Mar. 13	1988
1989	Bronze	Lake Placid	U.S.	Feb. 5	1989
1991	5th	Hamar	NOR	Feb. 3	1991
World Championships Sprint
1982	4th	Alkmaar	NED	Feb. 7	1982
1983	25th	Helsinki	FIN	Feb. 27	1983
1984	14th	Trondheim	NOR	Mar. 4	1984
1987	10th	Sainte Foy	CAN	Feb. 1	1987
European Championships Allround
1984	11th	Medeo	URS	Jan. 15	1984
1985	Silver	Groningen	NED	Jan. 13	1985
1986	Silver	Geithus	NOR	Jan. 12	1986
1987	Silver	Groningen	NED	Jan. 18	1987
1988	Bronze	Kongsberg	NOR	Jan. 17	1988
1989	5th	West-Berlin	FRG	Jan. 15	1989
1991	Bronze	Sarajevo	YUG	Jan. 20	1991
1992	4th	Heerenveen	NED	Jan. 19	1992
World Junior Championships Allround
1981	Bronze	Elverum	NOR	Mar. 1	1981
1982	Silver	Innsbruck	AUT	Feb. 28	1982

See also

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games

References

Sports Reference

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Irene de Kok	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1988	Succeeded by Elly van Hulst