Karlien SLEPER
NetherlandsEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bobsleigh |
Women's Monobob | 16 |
Schedule
| Start Time | Location | Event | Status |
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| Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
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| After Heat 1 | Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
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| Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
Finished |
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| After Heat 3 | Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
Finished |
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| Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
Finished |
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| Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
Finished |
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| Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
Finished |
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| Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
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| Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
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| Yanqing National Sliding Centre |
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Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| World Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| 14 | 2-woman | 2016 | Innsbruck, AUT | 3:35.52 |
| World Cup Rankings | |
|---|---|
| Season | Women's Monobob |
| 2021/22 | 15 |
| 2020/21 | 30 |
| World Cup - Best Achievements | |
|---|---|
| Season | Women's Monobob |
| 2021/22 | 2 x 2nd, 1 x 5th, 1 x 9th |
| 2020/21 | 1 x 3rd, 1 x 8th |
| Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Season | Location | Result |
| 2 | Women's Monobob | 2021/22 | Lillehammer, NOR | 1:51.68 |
| 2 | Women's Monobob | 2021/22 | Lillehammer, NOR | 1:51.51 |
| 5 | Women's Monobob | 2021/22 | Winterberg, GER | 2:01.11 |
| 9 | Women's Monobob | 2021/22 | Innsbruck, AUT | 1:52.18 |
| 10 | Women's Monobob | 2021/22 | Innsbruck, AUT | 1:51.35 |
| 10 | Women's Monobob | 2021/22 | Winterberg, GER | 1:58.91 |
| 12 | Women's Monobob | 2021/22 | St. Moritz, SUI | 2:24.72 |
| 15 | Women's Monobob | 2021/22 | Winterberg, GER | 2:00.40 |
Reading, puzzles, watching Netflix.
Athlete, Psychomotor Therapist
Father, Ruud. Mother, Cobi Koermeling.
Dutch
National: Vincent Kortbeek (NED)
Personal: Chris Woolley (GBR)
Pilot
Father Ruud Sleper (Athletics): Former marathoner and has competed in domestic master's-level throwing events.
Mother Cobi Koermeling (Athletics): Competed in the 400m and hurdles, medalling at the Dutch National Championships in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Represented the Netherlands in the 4x400m relay at the 1978 European Athletics Championships.
Athletics: Competed in the sport since age seven. Specialised in javelin and discus, but had to give up throwing due to a shoulder injury.
2015 World Cup in Winterberg (Two-woman - 10th), as a brakewoman representing AUT
2018 Monobob Event in Lillehammer (Monobob - 3rd)
2016: Foot injury caused her to give up the two-woman bobsleigh.
2013
Took up the sport in summer 2013 when she was invited to a training camp by a friend. (nporadio1.nl, 4 Dec 2019; teamnl.org, 5 Nov 2021)
"To be honest, sometimes I also wonder why I do this sport. But it is such an incredibly beautiful adrenaline sport. All the speed you take with you comes from pushing and steering as little as possible. I don't need an accelerator to get anything up to speed." (kickes.nl, 25 Jun 2019)
To qualify for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (nporadio1.nl, 4 Dec 2019)
Winning two monobob events in Park City in 2020, setting a new track record in the process. (raymondsterrengburg.nl)
Snowboarder Bibian Mentel (NED), a six-time Dutch champion in halfpipe and snowboard cross before losing a leg to cancer in 2001. Won a seventh Dutch championship - in the able-bodied division - seven months later, and went on to win three Paralympic gold medals and five world championships in snowboard cross and banked slalom. (karliensleper.nl)
"Get out of your comfort zone." (ibsf.org)
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