Jorien ter Mors

Jorien ter Mors (Dutch pronunciation: [joːˈrin tɛr ˈmɔrs]; born 21 December 1989) is a Dutch speed skater on both short track and long track. She was the Olympic champion in the 1500 metres and team pursuit (long track) at the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 1000 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

In this Dutch name, the family name is Ter Mors, not Mors.
Jorien ter Mors
Jorien ter Mors in 2016
Personal information
Born (1989-12-21) 21 December 1989
Enschede, Netherlands
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Websitewww.jorientermors.nl
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Short track speed skating
Coached byJeroen Otter
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Women's speed skating
Winter Olympics
2014 Sochi1500 m
2014 SochiTeam pursuit
2018 Pyeongchang1000 m
World Sprint Championships
2018 ChangchunSprint
2016 SeoulSprint
2017 CalgarySprint
World Single Distances Championships
2016 Kolomna1000 m
2016 Kolomna1500 m
2017 Gangneung1000 m
European Championships
2017 HeerenveenSprint
Women's short track speed skating
Winter Olympics
2018 Pyeongchang3000 m relay
World Championships
2011 Sheffield3000 m relay
2013 Debrecen1000 m
2013 Debrecen3000 m
European Championships
2011 Heerenveen3000
2012 Mlada Boleslav1000 m
2012 Mlada Boleslav3000 m relay
2013 Malmö3000 m relay
2014 DresdenOverall 
2014 Dresden1500 m
2014 Dresden3000 m
2014 Dresden3000 m relay
2016 Sochi3000 m relay
2012 Mlada Boleslav1500 m
2012 Mlada Boleslav3000 m
2012 Mlada BoleslavOverall 
2013 Malmö500 m
2013 Malmö3000 m
2014 Dresden1000 m
2016 Sochi1500 m
2007 Sheffield3000 m relay
2010 Dresden3000 m relay
2013 Malmö1000 m
2013 MalmöOverall 
2014 Dresden500 m

Short track

Ter Mors competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for the Netherlands. She placed third in her round one race of the 500 metres and was disqualified in the opening round of the 1000 metres, failing to advance. She was also a member of the Dutch 3000 metre relay team, which finished third in the semifinals and won the B Final, ending up fourth overall. Her best overall individual finish, is 23rd, in the 500 metres.[1]

As of 2013, ter Mors has won two silver medals at the World Championships; the first came in 2011, as a member of the Dutch relay team, and the second in 2013 in the 1000 metres. She has also won three gold medals as a member of the Dutch relay team at the European Championships.[2]

As of 2013, ter Mors has one ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup victory, coming as part of the Dutch relay team in 2012–13 at Dresden. She also has four other podium finishes. Her top World Cup ranking is 7th, in the 1500 metres in 2013–14.[2]

On 13 February 2014, she skated the B-finals in the 500 metres and placed sixth in the overall standings. On 15 February 2014 she became fourth at the 1,500 metres during the 2014 Winter Olympics.

On 20 February 2018, she skated the B-finals in the 3,000 metres relay at the 2018 Winter Olympics and her team set the world record time of 4:03.471. Incredibly, their effort for that record was rewarded with a bronze medal because in the A-finals Canada and China both were penalized and disqualified leaving only two A-finals teams to get gold and silver. The Netherlands received a bronze medal even though they didn't skate in the A-finals. This was her first ever medal in short-track speed skating at the Olympics. Ter Mors became the first female athlete to win Olympic medals in two different sports at the same Winter Olympic Games.[3]

Long track

In 2012, ter Mors started competing in long track speed skating events. After winning the 2013 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships and the 1,500m at the 2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships she went back to short track, but in the 2013–14 World Cup 4 in Berlin she was part of the Dutch team that won a gold medal in the team pursuit.

At the Dutch Olympic trials, held on 26 –30 December 2013 in Thialf, Heerenveen, she participated in the 1,000, 1,500 and 3,000m but only qualified for the 1,500m where she finished in third place behind Ireen Wüst and Lotte van Beek. On 16 February 2014 she won the Olympic Gold medal at the 1,500 metres during the 2014 Winter Olympics.[4][5] She set a new Olympic record while doing so, with a time of 1:53.51, the second fastest time at sea level.[6]

At the 2018 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, ter Mors won her first world sprint championship gold medal. She previously won bronze in the 2016 and 2017 world sprint championships.[7]

World Cup podiums

Short track

[2]

Date Season Location Rank Event
5 December 20102010–11Changchun3000 m relay
5 February 20122011–12Moscow3000 m relay
11 February 20122011–12Dordrecht1000 m
10 February 20132012–13Dresden3000 m relay
28 September 20132013–14Shanghai1500 m

Long track
Date Season Location Rank Event
16 November 20122012–13Heerenveen3000 m
17 November 20122012–13HeerenveenMass start
8 December 20132013–14BerlinTeam pursuit

Personal records

Long track
Personal records[8]
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m37.3926 February 2017Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m1:12.5325 February 2017Olympic Oval, Calgary
1500 m1:53.5116 February 2014SochiOR
3000 m4:02.236 December 2013Berlin
5000 m7:06.7930 December 2012Thialf, Heerenveen

She is currently in 8th position in the adelskalender.[9]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jorien ter Mors". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  2. "ISU Biography".
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2018-02-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Jorien ter Mors wins 1,500 speed skating as Dutch sweep medals again". The Globe and Mail. Feb 16, 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  5. "Speedskating: Versatile Jorien ter Mors beats Ireen Wust, leads another Dutch sweep". The Washington Post. February 16, 2014. Archived from the original on February 17, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  6. Paul Newberry (16 February 2014). "Ter Mors sets Olympic record as Dutch sweep women's 1,500m". Associated Press. The Chronicle Herald (Halifax). Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  7. http://live.isuresults.eu/2017-2018/changchun/standings2.htm Archived 2018-03-07 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  8. "Jorien ter Mors". speedskatingresults.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  9. "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
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