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Birth name | Christine Jacoba Aaftink | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Abcoude, Netherlands | 25 August 1966|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | IJsclub Baambrugge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christine Jacoba Aaftink (born 25 August 1966) is a Dutch former speed skater.[1] She made her international debut in 1988 and was the best Dutch sprinter in the first half of the 1990s.[2] She specialized in the 500 m and 1000 m distances, in which she competed at the 1988, 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. Her best achievements were fifth and fourth place in 1992 in 500 m and 1000 m, respectively.[3] In 1994 she was the Olympic flag bearer for the Netherlands. She won two bronze medals at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1990 and 1991.[4]
Nationally, she won at least one sprint title every year between 1987 and 1996. She won all three (500 m, 1000 m and allround sprint) in 1990 and 1992–1994.[4]
Personal bests:[3]
All records:[2]