Rianne de Vries

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Club / Team	Shorttrack Club Thialf: Heerenveen, NED
Reason for choosing this sport	She tried skating at school because she thought it was exciting. "I originally went to long track speed skating and did short track following a few workouts to improve my elbow technique. A few years later I switched to short track completely. We did short track with school and Daan [Breeuwsma] had arranged better facilities for me. From that moment on, I've been getting more and more involved."
Name of coach	Jeroen Otter [national], NED
When and where did you begin this sport?	She began speed skating as a child. She took up short track in 2009.

Famous relatives	Her partner Daan Breeuwsma has represented the Netherlands in short track, and competed at the Olympic Winter Games in 2014 and 2018. (schaatsen.nl, 28 Oct 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 11 Jan 2021)
Other information	GRIEF FOR ROOMMATE In July 2020 her national teammate Lara van Ruijven died from the effects of an autoimmune reaction while at a training camp in France. De Vries and van Ruijven had roomed together at tournaments since joining the Dutch national team at about the same time in 2012. "In the beginning I thought a lot about it in the evening. How is this possible? Could we have done anything else? But the doctors did everything perfectly. We couldn't have done anything else, but it's just hard to accept. She was so young. And so fanatical and so fit. So busy with her health. You don't understand that this is possible. I also still wonder if it really happened. Then you wake up and you think, is this a dream? This is not right. But it is all true." (ad.nl, 27 Jul 2020)
Other sports	She has competed in speed skating and placed 27th in the mass start event at the 2016 Dutch Single Distances Championships in Heerenveen. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Nov 2021; schaatsen.nl, 28 Oct 2021)
Ambitions	To win a medal at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (schaatsen.nl, 28 Oct 2021)
Injuries	In July 2017 she broke her right ankle during a training session on the ice. (lc.nl, 09 Sep 2017; schaatsen.nl, 17 Jul 2017)
Most influential person in career	Her partner Daan Breeuwsma. (schaatsen.nl, 21 Dec 2016)