Bo van der Werff
Netherlands
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSNED22408199201 | |
| NOC | Netherlands | |
| Born | 24 Aug 1992
in  Eelde | |
| Gender | Women |
| Residence | Groningen, NED | |
| Occupation | Athlete, Student | |
| Languages | Dutch | |
| Higher education | Dietics, Nutrition - Hanze University of Applied Sciences: Groningen, NED |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 38.21 | 13 Nov 2015 |  Calgary |
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| 1000m | 1:17.38 | 02 Nov 2014 | Heerenveen |
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| 1500m | 2:04.12 | 08 Jan 2011 | Heerenveen |
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| 3000m | 4:25.53 | 27 Feb 2010 | Heerenveen |
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Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Team IKO: Netherlands | |
| Name of coach | Martin ten Hove [club], NED; Erwin ten Hove [club], NED |
General Interest
General Interest
| Other information | TECHNIQUE She spent the off-season in 2014 working on improving her technique. "It's a bit of a complicated story, but I have changed the position of my skate on the ice. It gives me better stability and I can use my strength more effectively." (schaatsen.nl, 02 Nov 2014) |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/bowerff | twitter.com/bowerff |
General Interest
General Interest
| Injuries | Her 2017/18 season was disrupted due to right knee injury, and forced her to miss the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (schaatsen.nl, 19 Sep 2018) An inflamed wisdom tooth meant she was unable to compete at the 2015 World Cup event in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (schaatsupdate.nl, 22 Nov 2015) She had surgery on her knee in 2005. (hanskocks.nl, 16 Sep 2015) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She began skating at age seven. |
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2016/2017 | Heerenveen | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2015/2016 | Heerenveen | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Nagano | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 15 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 22 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 36 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 37 | |||