Diane Valkenburg

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Diane Valkenburg Speed ​​skating
Diane Valkenburg, WM Berlin 2008
nation NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
birthday August 30, 1984
place of birth Bergschenhoek ,  Netherlands
size 172 cm
Weight 64 kg
Career
society Schaatsvereniging Lansingerland
Trainer Jac Orie
status active
Medal table
World Cup medals 2 × gold 3 × silver 0 × bronze
EM medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
ISU All around world championships
silver 2013 Hamar All-around
ISU Individual distance world championships
silver 2011 Inzell 1500 m
silver 2011 Inzell Team tracking
gold 2012 Heerenveen Team tracking
gold 2013 Sochi Team tracking
ISU All-around European Championships
bronze 2013 Heerenveen All-around
Placements in the speed skating world cup
 Debut in the World Cup 2007/08
 World Cup victories 5
 Total toilet 1500 5th ( 2011/12 )
 Total toilet 3000/5000 3rd ( 2012/13 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 1500 meters 0 2 1
 3000 meters 0 2 3
 Team competition 4th 3 1
last change: March 22, 2015

Diane Valkenburg (born August 30, 1984 in Bergschenhoek ) is a Dutch speed skater .

Diane Valkenburg has been competing in the World Cup since the 2007/08 season . Her first race was over 1,500 meters in Salt Lake City , where she finished 15th. In her third race, a 3000 meter race in Calgary , she finished ninth and thus achieved a place in the top ten for the first time. In 2007 she also won the Dutch junior championship in small four-way combat. At the senior championship she won the bronze medal over 1500 meters and was runner- up behind Gretha Smit over 3000 meters .

On December 9, 2007, she won her first team pursuit World Cup. In the following years there were further World Cup victories in the team pursuit. She achieved her first World Cup podium placement in an individual discipline on November 14, 2008. At the World Cup race in Heerenveen , she finished third over 3000 m.

Valkenburg took part in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver for the Netherlands . She took eleventh place over 3000 m and place 6 in the team pursuit. At the 2011 World Championships in Inzell , she came second over 1500 m and in the team pursuit.

In 2012 she became world champion for the first time at the individual World Championships in Heerenveen . She won the team pursuit together with Ireen Wüst and Linda de Vries .

In 2013 she won silver in the small four-way battle at the all- around world championships in Hamar .

Valkenburg lives in Rotterdam and studies sport at the Free University of Amsterdam .

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personal data
SURNAME Valkenburg, Diane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergschenhoek