Sanne van Kerkhof

Sanne van Kerkhof

Personal information
Nationality	Netherlands
Born	27 March 1987 Voorburg, Netherlands
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport	Short track speed skating
Medal record Women's short track speed skating Competitor for the  Netherlands World Championships 2011 Sheffield 3000 m relay

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.