Jorien ter Mors

Jorien ter Mors

Jorien ter Mors in 2016
Personal information
Born	21 December 1989 Enschede, Netherlands
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Website	Official website
World Cup wins	1
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Coached by	Jeroen Otter
Achievements and titles
World finals	3
Highest world ranking	7 (1500 m)
Medal record Women's speed skating Winter Olympics 2014 Sochi 1500 m 2014 Sochi team pursuit World Championships 2016 Kolomna 1000 m 2016 Kolomna 1500 m 2016 Seoul Sprint Women's short track speed skating World Championships 2013 Debrecen 1000 m 2011 Sheffield 3000 m relay 2013 Debrecen 3000 m European Championships 2011 Heerenveen 3000 m relay 2012 Mlada Boleslav 1000 m 2012 Mlada Boleslav 3000 m relay 2013 Malmö 3000 m relay 2014 Dresden Overall  2014 Dresden 1500 m 2014 Dresden 3000 m 2014 Dresden 3000 m relay 2016 Sochi 3000 m relay 2012 Mlada Boleslav 1500 m 2012 Mlada Boleslav 3000 m 2012 Mlada Boleslav Overall  2013 Malmö 500 m 2013 Malmö 3000 m 2014 Dresden 1000 m 2016 Sochi 1500 m 2007 Sheffield 3000 m relay 2010 Dresden 3000 m relay 2013 Malmö 1000 m 2013 Malmö Overall  2014 Dresden 500 m

Jorien ter Mors (born 21 December 1989) is a Dutch speed skater on both short track and long track. She is the Olympic champion of the 1,500 metres and team pursuit (long track) in Sochi 2014.

Short track

Ter Mors competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for the Netherlands. She placed third in her round one race of the 500 metres and was disqualified in the opening round of the 1000 metres, failing to advance. She was also a member of the Dutch 3000 metre relay team, which finished third in the semifinals and won the B Final, ending up fourth overall. Her best overall individual finish, is 23rd, in the 500 metres.^[1]

As of 2013, ter Mors has won two silver medals at the World Championships; the first came in 2011, as a member of the Dutch relay team, and the second in 2013 in the 1000 metres. She has also won three gold medals as a member of the Dutch relay team at the European Championships.^[2]

As of 2013, ter Mors has one ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup victory, coming as part of the Dutch relay team in 2012–13 at Dresden. She also has four other podium finishes. Her top World Cup ranking is 7th, in the 1500 metres in 2013–14.^[2]

On 13 February 2014 she skated the B-finals in the 500 metres and placed sixth in the overall standings. On 15 February 2014 she became fourth at the 1,500 metres during the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Long track

In 2012, ter Mors started competing in long track speed skating events. After winning the 2013 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships and the 1,500m at the 2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships she went back to short track, but in the 2013–14 World Cup 4 in Berlin she was part of the Dutch team that won a gold medal in the team pursuit.

At the Dutch Olympic trials, held on 26 –30 December 2013 in Thialf, Heerenveen, she participated in the 1,000, 1,500 and 3,000m but only qualified for the 1,500m where she finished in third place behind Ireen Wüst and Lotte van Beek. On 16 February 2014 she won the Olympic Gold medal at the 1,500 metres during the 2014 Winter Olympics.^[3][4] She set a new Olympic record while doing so, with a time of 1:53.51, the second fastest time at sea level.^[5]

World Cup podiums

Short track

^[2]

Date	Season	Location	Rank	Event
5 December 2010	2010–11	Changchun		3000 m relay
5 February 2012	2011–12	Moscow		3000 m relay
11 February 2012	2011–12	Dordrecht		1000 m
10 February 2013	2012–13	Dresden		3000 m relay
28 September 2013	2013–14	Shanghai		1500 m

Long track

Date	Season	Location	Rank	Event
16 November 2012	2012–13	Heerenveen		3000 m
17 November 2012	2012–13	Heerenveen		Mass start
8 December 2013	2013–14	Berlin		Team pursuit

Personal records

Long track

Personal records[6]
Women's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	37.50	15 November 2015	Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m	1:12.66	14 November 2015	Olympic Oval, Calgary	NR
1500 m	1:53.51	16 February 2014	Sochi	OR
3000 m	4:02.23	6 December 2013	Berlin
5000 m	7:06.79	30 December 2012	Thialf, Heerenveen

References

1. "Sports Reference Profile".
2. "ISU Biography".
3. "Jorien ter Mors wins 1,500 speed skating as Dutch sweep medals again". The Globe and Mail. Feb 16, 2014.
4. "Speedskating: Versatile Jorien ter Mors beats Ireen Wust, leads another Dutch sweep". The Washington Post. February 16, 2014.
5. Paul Newberry (16 February 2014). "Ter Mors sets Olympic record as Dutch sweep women’s 1,500m". Associated Press (The Chronicle Herald (Halifax)).
6. "Jorien ter Mords". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

External links

• Official website

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