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Melissa Wijfje
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1995-07-21) 21 July 1995 (age 29)
Ter Aar, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Event(s)1500 m, 3000 m
Medal record
World Single Distances Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Salt Lake City Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kolomna Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2020 Heerenven Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Heerenven Mass start
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bjugn 1500m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Warsaw 1500m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Warsaw 3000m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Warsaw Mass start
Gold medal – first place 2015 Warsaw Allround
Silver medal – second place 2014 Bjugn 1500m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Bjugn 3000m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Bjugn Allround

Melissa Wijfje (born 21 July 1995) is a Dutch allround speed skater who is specialized in the middle and long distances.[1]

Career

In 2015 Wijfje won the ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Warsaw, Poland after winning the 1500 and 3000 m events. Additionally she won the gold medal at the team pursuit event with Sanneke de Neeling and Esmee Visser.[2][3]

Wijfje finished third at the ISU World Cup 5000 m event in Heerenveen in December 2016, her first career World Cup medal.[4]

She was a member of Team JustLease and when that team folded became part of Team Talentned.

Personal records

Personal records[5]
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 38.83 1 February 2020 Calgary
1000 m 1:16.19 21 December 2019 Heerenveen
1500 m 1:51.78 16 February 2020 Salt Lake City
3000 m 4:01.07 13 October 2019 Inzell
5000 m 6:58.80 4 November 2018 Heerenveen
Team pursuit 2:52.65 14 February 2020 Salt Lake City

At the end of the 2019–2020 speed skating season Wijfje was placed 13th on the adelskalender with a points total of 158.148.[6]

Tournament overview

Season Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances 		Dutch
Championships
Allround 		World
Championships
Single
Distances 		World Cup/Allround
Junior 		World Cup
GWC 		European
Championships
Single
Distances 		World
Championships
Allround

2013–2014
21st 1000m
11th 1500m
14th 3000m
BJUGN
4th 500m
1st 1500m
2nd 1000m
2nd 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall**
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit
(with Antoinette de Jong
and Jade van der Molen)

2014–2015
12th 1000m
6th 1500m
9th 3000m
7th 500m
9th 3000m
4th 1500m
7th 5000m
7th overall
WARSAW
7th 500m
1st 1500m
4th 1000m
1st 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall**
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mass start
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit
(with Sanneke de Neeling
and Esmee Visser)
2015–2016 18th 1000m
7th 1500m
13th 3000m
10th 5000m		 8th 500m
6th 3000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
5th 5000m
4th overall
2016–2017 12th 1500m
8th 3000m
12th 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mass start		 7th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3000m
4th 1500m
7th 5000m
6th overall		 8th 1500m
4th 3000m

2017–2018
7th 1500m
7th 3000m
8th 5000m
4th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500
5th 5000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall
30th 1500m
11th 3000m
KOLOMBA
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit

2018–2019
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
7th 3000m
7th 5000m
5th Mass start
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m
4th 3000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
5th 5000m
4th overall
INZELL
6th 1500m
10th Mass start
6th 1500m
7th 3000m
8th Mass start

2019–2020
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
7th 3000m
6th 5000m
4th Mass start
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
SALT LAKE CITY
11th Mass start
4th 1500m
19th 3000/5000m
5th Mass start
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Team pursuit
HEERENVEEN
4th 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mass start
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit
HAMAR
6th 500m
4th 3000m
6th 1500m
5th 5000m
5th overall

Source:[7]

** Overall classification determined for allrounders

World Cup overview

Season 1500 meter
2016–2017 9th 7th 8th 6th 10th 8th
2017–2018 – 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th
2018–2019 11th 7th 17th 12th 6th 5th
2019–2020 8th 4th 7th 8th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Season 3000 meter
2016–2017 6th 9th 7th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017–2018 – – – 9th 6th 6th
2018–2019 10th 7th 9th 7th 5th 9th
2019–2020 1st(b) 9th 10th – – –
Season Mass start
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019 12th 9th 5th 9th 15th
2019–2020 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8th 6th 10th – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Season Team pursuit
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) –

source:[8]

– = Did not participate
* = 5000m
(b) = Division B
DNF = Did not finish
GWC = Grand World Cup

References

  1. ^ "Melissa Wijfje". SpeedSkatingStats. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Roest, Wijfje, Bittner and Korea dominate World Junior Championships". International Skating Union (ISU). 22 February 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Melissa Wijfje" (in Dutch). TeamNL. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Special milestone for Davis in Heerenveen". International Skating Union (ISU). 11 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Melissa Wijfje". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  7. ^ https://www.speedskatingnews.info/en/data/skater/melissa-wijfje/
  8. ^ https://live.isuresults.eu/home
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