Selma POUTSMA

14 May 1999
22
Female
THE HAGUE
 
Netherlands
HEERENVEEN
 
Netherlands

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
STK Short Track Speed Skating Women's 500m 15
Women's 1000m 14
Women's 3000m Relay 1 Gold
Mixed Team Relay 4

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Capital Indoor Stadium
Finished
After Quarterfinal 1
Capital Indoor Stadium
Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium
Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium
Finished
After Quarterfinal 1
Capital Indoor Stadium
Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium
Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium
Finished
After Quarterfinal 3
Capital Indoor Stadium
Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1Women's 3000m Relay2021Dordrecht, NED
3Women's 500m2021Dordrecht, NED
3Women's 3000m Superfinal2021Dordrecht, NED
4Women's 1000m2021Dordrecht, NED
4Women's Overall2021Dordrecht, NED
6Women's 1500m2021Dordrecht, NED
8Women's 3000m Relay2016Seoul, KOR
European Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2Women's 1000m2021Gdansk, POL
2Women's 3000m Relay2021Gdansk, POL
3Women's 3000m Relay2018Dresden, GER
5Women's 3000m Relay2017Torino, ITA
7Women's Overall2021Gdansk, POL
10Women's 500m2021Gdansk, POL
10Women's 1500m2021Gdansk, POL
15Women's 500m2016Sochi, RUS
15Women's 1000m2016Sochi, RUS
17Women's 500m2017Torino, ITA
18Women's 1000m2017Torino, ITA
19Women's Overall2016Sochi, RUS
21Women's Overall2017Torino, ITA
29Women's 1500m2016Sochi, RUS
33Women's 1500m2017Torino, ITA
PENWomen's 3000m Superfinal2021Gdansk, POL
World Junior Championships
RankEventYearLocation
9Women's 1000m2018Tomaszow Mazowiecki, POL
10Women's 500m2018Tomaszow Mazowiecki, POL
12Women's 1500m2018Tomaszow Mazowiecki, POL
18Women's Overall2018Tomaszow Mazowiecki, POL
World Cup
SeasonWomen's 500mWomen's 1000mWomen's 1500m
2021/22122229
2019/207438
2017/18227866
2016/17176353
2015/161330
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Athlete, Student

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Liberal arts and sciences - Utrecht University (NED)

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Dutch, English, French

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National: Jeroen Otter (NED)

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Speed skating: Competed at the 2020 World Cup Qualification Tournament in Heerenveen, after training and competing as a junior. "I experience a certain kind of glide in long track that I like. I also use my power better in corners and at the moment I think it has a nice challenge next to it. Of course I like short track, but secretly I enjoy that in long track, everything that happens is in my own hands and nobody gets in the way. But I like to be varied." (schaatsen.nl, 26 Dec 2020)

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For France:
2015 World Cup in Montreal (500m - 22nd, 1500m - 10th, Relay - 7th)

For Netherlands:
2020 World Cup in Dresden (100m - 24th, 1500m - 10th)

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Took up the sport at age seven in The Hague. (isu.org)

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Enjoyed the sensation of speed, gliding, and the tactics of racing closely against others. (isu.org)

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Qualify for individual distances at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (rtvutrecht.nl, 10 Mar 2021)

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Winning relay gold at the 2021 World Championships in Dordrecht. (rtvutrecht.nl, 10 Mar 2021)

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Short track skater JR Celski (USA), three-time Olympic medallist and three-time world champion.

Ballet dancer Polina Semionova (RUS), principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre and Berlin State Ballet. (isu.org)

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Her father. (isu.org)

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"I am convinced that I have a lot of speed, but you also have to take into account that you are not the only one who can do that." (nos.nl, 4 Mar 2021)

General Interest

NATIONALITY SWITCHES
Originally born in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2014 she was given the opportunity to join the junior French team and decided to make the move to Font-Romeu, France. Competed for France from 2015-18, winning a bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships before switching to the Netherlands in 2019 after beginning to tire being away from home. "The last year was less fun. It was just pounding, pounding, pounding. A bit too heavy for my liking. I went over my limit, I was done with it. I learned a lot of perseverance there. We did a lot of endurance training. That really hardened me. I used to feel much more like a girl. Now I feel more and more mature, more independent, I think I'm richer in experience." (nos.nl, 7 Jan 2019; nos.nl, 4 Mar 2021)

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