Yvonne van Gennip

	Yvonne van Gennip
nation	Netherlands
birthday	May 1, 1964
place of birth	Haarlem , NED
Career
Trainer	Egbert van 't Oever
status	resigned
End of career	1992
Medal table
winter Olympics
All around world championships
All-around European Championships

Yvonne Maria Thérèse van Gennip (born May 1, 1964 in Haarlem ) is a Dutch speed skater . She became a three-time Olympic champion in 1988.

Van Gennip took the first time in 1984 in Sarajevo at the Olympic Winter Games in part. She achieved her best placement with a fifth place over 3000 meters.

Yvonne van Gennip 1987

The 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary turned out to be a great moment in her career. Although van Gennip had injured his foot two months before the start of the games and had to undergo an operation, she prevailed in three Olympic finals against tough competition from the GDR . In doing so, she broke several records: She improved the world record by almost 5 seconds over 3,000 meters, undercut her personal best by almost 4 seconds over 1,500 meters, and in the end she was almost 7 seconds faster than her own world record over 5,000 meters. With three gold medals, van Gennip was the most successful athlete at the Winter Games, on par with the Finnish ski jumper Matti Nykänen . When she returned to her hometown, she was met by 60,000 people.

Four years later, at the 1992 Olympic Games in Albertville , van Gennip was no longer able to build on these brilliant successes. Her only result was a sixth place over 3,000 meters.

Web links

Statistics at speed skating news
Yvonne van Gennip in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Gennip, Yvonne van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gennip, Yvonne Maria Thérèse van (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	Haarlem