Carla Zijlstra

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Carla Zijlstra Speed ​​skating
Carla Zijlstra
nation NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
birthday March 15, 1969
place of birth Sneek ,  Netherlands
size 173 cm
Weight 57 kg
Career
society Groningen students
Schaatsvereniging Tjas
Pers. Best times 3000 m: 4: 10.63 min
5000 m: 7: 05.94 min
status resigned
End of career 1999
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 2 × silver 2 × bronze
National medals 10 × gold 6 × silver 5 × bronze
ISU Individual distance world championships
silver 1996 Hamar 5000 m
silver 1997 Warsaw 5000 m
bronze 1997 Warsaw 3000 m
bronze 1998 Calgary 5000 m
Placements in the speed skating world cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 12, 1991
 World Cup victories 2
 Total toilet 3000/5000 2. ( 1994/95 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 3000 meters 1 6th 5
 5000 meters 1 7th 3
 

Carla Zijlstra (born March 15, 1969 in Sneek ) is a former Dutch speed skater . As a long distance specialist, she won four medals over 3000 meters and 5000 meters in the first three individual distance world championships from 1996 to 1998.

Career

Born in Friesland, Zijlstra took part in international speed skating competitions from the late 1980s. In 1991 she won the bronze medal at the national all-around championships and was nominated in the same year for the European and World Championships in small four-way combat , where she reached one of the top ten places. She achieved her best results on the two longer distances of 3000 meters and 5000 meters. On the 5,000-meter course it was the following year Dutch champion and missed at the 1992 Winter Olympics of Albertville in fourth barely a medal: When by Gunda Niemann -mentioned German triple victory Zijlstras residue was on the third-placed Claudia Pechstein 1.3 seconds. The Dutchwoman also took fourth place over 3000 meters.

In the following years, Zijlstra established herself as one of the strongest Dutch long-distance runners, winning a total of nine national championships on the individual courses by 1999 and the title of Dutch all-around champion in 1993. At the national level, Annamarie Thomas , Tonny de Jong and Barbara de Loor were among their main competitors; In an international comparison, the German speed skaters - especially Gunda Niemann - won most of the endurance races. Zijlstra celebrated two World Cup victories in her career: each in the absence of Niemann, she won in January 1994 in Innsbruck (over 3000 meters) and in January 1997 in Baselga di Piné (over 5000 meters). In the winter of 1994/95 she took second place behind Niemann in seven of eight long distance races in the World Cup and was also in second place in the overall standings over 3000/5000 meters.

Due to poor performance in the shorter distances, Zijlstra was unable to win medals at international all-around championships - her best result was a sixth place at the 1994 European Championships . In return, it benefited from the introduction of the annual individual distance world championships that took place in 1996 . At the first event in Hamar , she won the silver medal over 5000 meters behind Claudia Pechstein. In the following two years she won another silver and two bronze medals over 3000 and 5000 meters, where she was only beaten by German athletes. In the Olympic competition in Nagano in 1998 she was flag bearer for the Dutch team . As the best result she finished sixth over 5000 meters in Nagano. After the German triple victory of Niemann-Stirnemann, Pechstein and Anni Friesinger over 3000 meters, several German media reported on the frustrated statement of the ninth-placed Zijlstra that she could "no longer see this German flag"; while playing the German national anthem, tears welled up in her eyes.

Before the 1998/99 season, Zijlstra was demoted from the first Dutch team after a conflict with national coach Sijtje van der Lende . In November 1998 she set a national record over 5000 meters with a time of 7: 05.94 minutes, at the individual distance world championships in 1999 she just missed the medal ranks as fourth and fifth over the two long distances. After the winter she ended her active career in competitive sports at the age of 30 and two years later married the Australian cross-country skier Anthony Evans , whom she had met during her athletic career. With him she moved first to Canberra , and later to Jindabyne , New South Wales , which is located near the ski areas of Kosciuszko National Park . The couple has two daughters: Zana Evans (* 2004) took part in the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games as a cross-country skier , and her younger sister competed in alpine ski races in the junior division. Zijlstra works in Australia as a physiotherapist and Pilates teacher. In 2016 she published her autobiography Tussen hemel, ijs en aarde (in German: Between Heaven, Ice and Earth ).

statistics

winter Olympics

Carla Zijlstra was part of the Dutch squad at three consecutive Winter Games from 1992 to 1998. She participated in eight competitions in which she finished fourth twice.

winter Olympics 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m
year place
1992 FranceFrance Albertville 9. 4th 4th
1994 NorwayNorway Lillehammer 22nd 9. 7th
1998 Japan 1870Japan Nagano - 9. 6th

Individual distance world championships

Zijlstra took part four times in the 1996 single- distance world championships , winning two silver and two bronze medals.

Individual distance world championship 3000 m 5000 m
year place
1996 NorwayNorway Hamar 7th silver 2.
1997 PolandPoland Warsaw bronze 3. silver 2.
1998 CanadaCanada Calgary 6th bronze 3.
1999 NetherlandsNetherlands Heerenveen 5. 4th

All-around world championships

From 1991 to 1996 Zijlstra took part in five all- around world championships and achieved a seventh place as the best result. The following table shows their times - and their placements in brackets behind them - on the four individual routes run as well as the resulting total number of points after the Samalog and the final placement . The order of the distances corresponds to their order in the program of the all-around world championships; only in 1996 the 1500 meters were run before the 3000 meters.

All-around world championship 500 m 3000 m 1500 m 5000 m Points space
year place
1991 NorwayNorway Hamar 45.12 (25) 4: 44.24 (7) 2: 15.08 (10) 8: 05.40 (7) 186.059 9.
1992 NetherlandsNetherlands Heerenveen 43.88 (28) 4: 24.89 (5) 2: 09.97 (19) 7: 30.36 (3) 176.387 10.
1993 GermanyGermany Berlin 44.09 (25) 4: 30.56 (5) 2: 12.31 (16) 7: 32.38 (2) 178.524 7th
1995 NorwayNorway Tynset 44.82 (23) 4: 25.06 (2) 2: 11.80 (16) 7: 37.53 (2) 178.682 8th.
1996 GermanyGermany Inzell 1: 04.48 (28) 4: 34.01 (11) 2: 12.44 (15) DNQ 154.294 27.

All-around European Championships

From 1991 to 1997 Zijlstra took part in seven all- around European championships and achieved a sixth place as the best result. The following table shows their times - and their placements in brackets behind them - on the four individual routes run as well as the resulting total number of points after the Samalog and the final placement . The order of the distances corresponds to their order in the program of the all-around European championships.

All-around European Championship 500 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m Points space
year place
1991 YugoslaviaYugoslavia Sarajevo 44.46 (13) 2: 13.13 (9) 4: 36.70 (8) 7: 57.19 (7) 182.671 10.
1992 NetherlandsNetherlands Heerenveen 43.81 (22) 2: 08.96 (11) 4: 26.79 (6) 7: 26.63 (3) 175.924 8th.
1993 NetherlandsNetherlands Heerenveen 43.62 (19) 2: 09.78 (15) 4: 25.41 (5) 7: 28.87 (3) 176.002 7th
1994 NorwayNorway Hamar 43.19 (16) 2: 07.73 (11) 4: 17.36 (2) 7: 23.15 (2) 172.974 6th
1995 NetherlandsNetherlands Heerenveen 43.42 (15) 2: 22.86 (21) 4: 22.62 (2) 7: 28.05 (2) 179.615 12.
1996 NetherlandsNetherlands Heerenveen 43.96 (20) 2: 11.50 (13) 4: 26.53 (8) 7: 37.00 (6) 177.914 11.
1997 NetherlandsNetherlands Heerenveen 43.49 (18) 2: 07.73 (9) 4: 19.50 (4) 7: 23.40 (2) 173.673 7th

World Cup victories

Zijlstra competed in 82 World Cup races between January 12, 1991 and March 6, 1999, of which she finished 23 on the podium and won 2, one over 3000 meters and one over 5000 meters.

No. date train place distance time
1. Jan. 22, 1994 Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck AustriaAustria innsbruck 3000 meters 4: 30.16 min.
2. Jan. 19, 1997 Ghiaccio di Piné stadium ItalyItaly Baselga di Piné 5000 meters 7: 18.59 min.

Web links

Commons : Carla Zijlstra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Olympias winner: The Dutch woman who is spared - Carla Zijlstra (did not have to hear the hymn). In: taz . February 17, 1998, p. 14.
  2. ↑ Martin Hägele: One for the cover and one for Thuringia. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. February 17, 1998, p. 16. Retrieved from Munzinger Online .
  3. ↑ Wybren de Boer: Geen lastige dames op Sijtje's lijstje. In: De Volkskrant.
  4. ↑ Mirjam van Elburg: Een nieuw bestaan ​​voor Carla Zijlstra on nos.nl. October 27, 2006. Archived on April 20, 2014 from the original in the Internet Archive .
  5. ↑ Keeping it in the family: Zana Evans shines in front of Olympian parents on olympic.org. March 14, 2020.
  6. ↑ Rik Spekenbrink: Oud-schaatsster Carla Zijlstra omringd door Australian bosbranden: 'Everything is afgefikt'. In: AD . January 8, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Dat het boek af is, is een pak van m'n hart" on omropfryslan.nl. November 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ a b c d Profile on speedskatingnews , accessed on July 1, 2020.
  9. ↑ Profile on schaatsstatistieken.nl , accessed on July 1, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Zijlstra, Carla
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Sneek