Yvonne van Gennip

Personal Information
Birth Haarlem NED May 1 1964
Personal Records
500m41.54
1000m
1500m2.00.68CalgaryCANFeb. 271988
3000m4.11.94CalgaryCANFeb. 231988
5000m7.14.13CalgaryCANFeb. 281988
World Records
3000m4.16.85HeerenveenNEDMar. 191987
5000m7.20.35HeerenveenNEDMar. 201987
3000m4.11.94CalgaryCANFeb. 231988
5000m7.14.13CalgaryCANFeb. 281988
Olympic Games
1500m 11th Sarajevo YUG Feb. 9 1984
1000m 6th Sarajevo YUG Feb. 13 1984
3000m 5th Sarajevo YUG Feb. 15 1984
3000m Gold Calgary CAN Feb. 23 1988
1500m Gold Calgary CAN Feb. 27 1988
5000m Gold Calgary CAN Feb. 28 1988
1500m NF Albertville FRA Feb. 12 1992
3000m 6th Albertville FRA Feb. 14 1992
5000m NS Albertville FRA Feb. 17 1992
World Championships Allround
198412thDeventerNEDJan. 291984
19854thSarajevoYUGFeb. 101985
19864thThe HagueNEDFeb. 91986
1987BronzeWest AllisUSAFeb. 81987
1988SilverSkienNORMar. 131988
1989BronzeLake PlacidUSAFeb. 51989
19915thHamarNORFeb. 31991
World Championships Sprint
19824thAlkmaarNEDFeb. 71982
198325thHelsinkiFINFeb. 271983
198414thTrondheimNORMar. 41984
198710thSainte FoyCANFeb. 11987
European Championships Allround
198411thMedeoURSJan. 151984
1985SilverGroningenNEDJan. 131985
1986SilverGeithusNORJan. 121986
1987SilverGroningenNEDJan. 181987
1988BronzeKongsbergNORJan. 171988
19895thWest-BerlinFRGJan. 151989
1991BronzeSarajevoYUGJan. 201991
19924thHeerenveenNEDJan. 191992
World Junior Championships Allround
1981BronzeElverumNORMar. 11981
1982SilverInnsbruckAUTFeb. 281982

Yvonne Maria van Gennip, born on May 1, 1964 in Haarlem, The Netherlands was 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.

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 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.de:Yvonne van Gennip nl:Yvonne van Gennip

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