Evelien Vijn

Netherlands

Sport	Speed Skating
NOC	Netherlands
Born	24 Aug 2002 in Wieringerwerf
Gender	Women

Residence	Wieringerwerf, NED
Occupation	Athlete
Languages	Dutch, English

Main Achievements
Main Achievements
World Junior Championships	Event
World Junior Championships
	1500m		1
	3000m		1
	Mass Start 10 Laps		1
	Team Pursuit	1
	Allround		1

Sport Specific Information

Club / Team

Team Jumbo-Visma: Netherlands

General Interest

Hobbies	Cooking, baking, spending time with friends, cycling. (teamjumbovisma.nl, 20 May 2022)
Injuries	Illness meant she missed the 2022 Dutch Junior Championships in Groningen. (schaatsen.nl, 25 May 2022; Instagram profile, 07 Jan 2022)
Memorable sporting achievement	Finishing third in the mass start at the 2022 Dutch Single Distances Championships in Heerenveen, and making her senior World Cup debut in 2021. (teamjumbovisma.nl, 20 May 2022)
Other sports	She competed in roller speed skating at junior national level in the Netherlands. (radboud-inlineskating.nl, 15 Sep 2018)
Hero / Idol	Dutch speed skater Ireen Wust. (helden.media, 09 Nov 2021)
Ambitions	To compete at the Olympic Winter Games. (schaatstereninlineskatesterevelienvijn.wordpress.com, 04 Jan 2019)

Sport Specific Information

Name of coach	Sicco Janmaat [club], NED
When and where did you begin this sport?	She began skating at age three on natural ice, and joined the STG Koggenland club in the Netherlands at age seven.

General Interest

Sporting philosophy / motto

"I always strive for the best and try to get the most out of everything. I also never give up. When I go for something, I do it for the full 100%." (teamjumbovisma.nl, 20 May 2022)

Social Media

schaatstereninlineskatesterevelienvijn.wordpress.com
www.facebook.com/evelienvijn2
twitter.com/Evelienvijn

World Cups		Year	Competition	Event	Rank
World Cups
		2021/2022	World Cup Classification	Mass Start	26