Annita van Doorn

Annita van Doorn

Annita van Doorn
Personal information
Born	April 26, 1983 Utrecht, Netherlands
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Club	Schaats Vereniging Utrecht (SVU)
Coached by	Jeroen Otter
Medal record Women’s short track speed skating Representing the  Netherlands World Championships 2011 Sheffield 3000 m relay European Championships 2008 Ventspils 500 m 2011 Heerenveen 3000 m relay 2007 Sheffield 3000 m relay 2009 Torino 3000 m relay 2010 Dresden 3000 m relay World Cup 2010 Changchun 3000 m relay

Annita van Doorn (born 26 April 1983) is a Dutch Short track speed skater. She made her international debut in 2003 at the World Championships for teams. Van Doorn was the first Dutch short track speed skater with a victory on a World Cup distance. She took a lap on her competitors on the 3000 meters and won the super final, surprisingly, at her second World Cup competition. In 2008 she became European Champion in the 500 meters in Ventspils, Latvia. In the overall classification she ended as 5th. She won bronze medals at the European Championships with the relay team in 2007, 2009 en 2010. In 2009 Van Doorn won her first Dutch title.^[1][2]

At the Olympic Games in Vancouver, Van Doorn ended as fourth on the relay with her team, together with team mates Liesbeth Mau Asam, Jorien ter Mors, Sanne van Kerkhof and Maaike Vos. Van Doorn ended as 11th at the 1000 meters. She was close for qualifying for the 2006 Olympics in Torino, but did not make it.^[3]

The 2010-2011 season was successful for Van Doorn and the relay team. During the European Championships in their own country (Thialf, Heerenveen) the Dutch (Jorien ter Mors, Sanne van Kerkhof, Yara van Kerkhof and Annita van Doorn) grabbed the European title. Two months later the team surprised at the Worldchampionships. Behind China, the Dutch team took the silver. Earlier in the season the team won bronze at a World Cup competition in Changchun, China. It was the first medal in 8 years for the Netherlands in a World Cup competition.

Van Doorn won the award for the best short track speed skater of the Netherlands twice (2008, 2009).

Personal records

distance	time	date	icerink	country	extra
500 meters	44,247	12-11-09	Marquette	United States
1000 meters	1.31,516*	24-02-10	Vancouver	Canada
1500 meters	2.23,893	20-10-07	Harbin	China
3000 meters	5.08,597	22-03-09	Zoetermeer	Netherlands
3000 meters relay	4.13,135*	15-11-09	Marquette	United States	Annita van Doorn, Sanne van Kerkhof, Liesbeth Mau Asam, Jorien ter Mors

*: Dutch national record

References

1. "Annita van Doorn – KNSB-team". schaatsen.nl. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
2. "Annita van Doorn – Shorttrackster". Annitavandoorn.nl. 1983-04-26. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
3. http://www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11210300000009&gen=w&ref=7806&view=dcl. Retrieved September 20, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Website Annita van Doorn