Sanne van Kerkhof

Sanne van Kerkhof
Personal information
Nationality Netherlands
Born (1987-03-27) 27 March 1987
Voorburg, Netherlands
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport Short track speed skating

Sanne van Kerkhof (born 27 March 1987) is a Dutch short track speed skater.[1] She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the women's relay. She won with the national team the B final and finished 4th in the general classification.

She is openly lesbian; fellow Dutch long track speed skater Ireen Wüst is her ex.[2] She was one of the seven openly gay athletes to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[3]

Personal records

Personal records[4]
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 41.29 30 June 2012 Thialf, Heerenveen
1000 m 1:21.19 30 June 2012 Thialf, Heerenveen
1500 m 2:09.04 9 July 2011 Thialf, Heerenveen
3000 m 5:01.06 26 March 2004 The Hague

References

  1. "Sanne van Kerkhof". London 2012. i.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. "Ireen Wüst gelukkig met man". De Telegraaf. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. 7 out LGBT Winter Olympians in Sochi
  4. "Sanne van Kerkhof". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 14 January 2014.


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