About Thijsje Oenema
Born 1988. Thijsje Oenema is a Dutch speed skater.
Thijsje Oenema (born 6 June 1988) is a Dutch speed skater and "short-track sprinter". She is specialised on the short distances.
Oenema skates for the VPZ skating team and is a member for skating club S.T.D. Sint Nicolaasga. Her breakthrough was during the 2009 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships, winning the bronze medal at the 500 m. This was very surprising because in the 2007–08 season she was not able to skate because of Pfeiffer's disease. With this third place she qualified for the first time for the World Cup. In the same season she took the title at the Dutch championships supersprint.
Although her start of the season 2010 was weak, she managed to qualify for the Olympics in Vancouver by beating Marianne Timmer in a skate-off.
Speed skating Results
Medals Championship Dutch Single Distance Dutch Sprint World Single Distance World Cup
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Dutch speed skater
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Thijsje Oenema was born on 6 June 1988 in Heerenveen.
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