Suzanne Schulting

Suzanne Schulting
Schulting in 2018
Personal information
Nationality Dutch
Born (1997-09-25) 25 September 1997
Groningen, Netherlands[1]
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country Netherlands
Sport Short track speed skating

Suzanne Schulting (Dutch pronunciation: [syˈzɑnə ˈsxʏltɪŋ]; born 25 September 1997) is a Dutch short track speed skater. At the 2018 Winter Olympics she won Netherlands' first ever gold medal in short track speed skating and became one of the youngest ever Dutch Winter Olympic champions.[2]

Biography

Schulting took up short track speed skating when she was eight years old, in Thialf, Heerenveen. She won a gold medal in the 1500m event at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Sofia.[2]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics she won a bronze medal in the women's 3000 metre relay[3] and a gold medal in the women's 1000 metres. This was the first time the Netherlands had ever won a gold medal in short track speed skating. At twenty years old she is the second youngest Dutch gold medalist in any discipline at a Winter Olympics.[4]

Schulting studies at the Dutch Language Institute (NTI) in Leiden.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Suzanne Schulting". ISU Portal. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Suzanne Schulting". Pyeongchang 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Short Track Speed Skating – Ladies' 3,000m Relay – Finals Results" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Medal Ceremony: Dutch finally get short track gold". Retrieved 23 February 2018.


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