Career
She competed at the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics in all distances from 500 to 3000 m. Personal bests:
500 m – 43.66 (1980)
1000 m – 1:25.86 (1980)
1500 m – 2:12.59 (1979)
3000 m – 4:39.15 (1977)
5000 m – 8:25.3 (1982)
After retirement she worked as a skating coach with various teams in the Netherlands, and in 1994 became the first female national coach. Her last professional speedskatingteam was VPZ (2005-2008).
From 2008 till the Olympic winter games at Vancouver in 2010 she works with the national team of China.
At the moment she"s advisor for Topteam North Netherlands, a group of talented young speed skaters in this district.