Selma POUTSMA

Netherlands

Short Track Speed Skating

Date of Birth: 14 May 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Place of birth: THE HAGUE

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Residence: HEERENVEEN

Residence Country:

Netherlands

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

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

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Women's 500m - Heat 1	Finished
After Quarterfinal 1	Capital Indoor Stadium	Mixed Team Relay - Quarterfinal 2	Finished
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Mixed Team Relay - Semifinal 1	Finished
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Mixed Team Relay - Final B	Finished
After Quarterfinal 1	Capital Indoor Stadium	Women's 500m - Quarterfinal 2	Finished
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Women's 1000m - Heat 1	Finished
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Women's 3000m Relay - Semifinal 1	Finished
After Quarterfinal 3	Capital Indoor Stadium	Women's 1000m - Quarterfinal 4	Finished
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Women's 3000m Relay - Final A	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's 3000m Relay	2021	Dordrecht, NED
3	Women's 500m	2021	Dordrecht, NED
3	Women's 3000m Superfinal	2021	Dordrecht, NED
4	Women's 1000m	2021	Dordrecht, NED
4	Women's Overall	2021	Dordrecht, NED
6	Women's 1500m	2021	Dordrecht, NED
8	Women's 3000m Relay	2016	Seoul, KOR

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women's 1000m	2021	Gdansk, POL
2	Women's 3000m Relay	2021	Gdansk, POL
3	Women's 3000m Relay	2018	Dresden, GER
5	Women's 3000m Relay	2017	Torino, ITA
7	Women's Overall	2021	Gdansk, POL
10	Women's 500m	2021	Gdansk, POL
10	Women's 1500m	2021	Gdansk, POL
15	Women's 500m	2016	Sochi, RUS
15	Women's 1000m	2016	Sochi, RUS
17	Women's 500m	2017	Torino, ITA
18	Women's 1000m	2017	Torino, ITA
19	Women's Overall	2016	Sochi, RUS
21	Women's Overall	2017	Torino, ITA
29	Women's 1500m	2016	Sochi, RUS
33	Women's 1500m	2017	Torino, ITA
PEN	Women's 3000m Superfinal	2021	Gdansk, POL

World Junior Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women's 1000m	2018	Tomaszow Mazowiecki, POL
10	Women's 500m	2018	Tomaszow Mazowiecki, POL
12	Women's 1500m	2018	Tomaszow Mazowiecki, POL
18	Women's Overall	2018	Tomaszow Mazowiecki, POL

World Cup
Season	Women's 500m	Women's 1000m	Women's 1500m
2021/22	12	22	29
2019/20		74	38
2017/18	22	78	66
2016/17	17	63	53
2015/16	13		30

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Liberal arts and sciences - Utrecht University (NED)

Languages spoken:

Dutch, English, French

Coach:

National: Jeroen Otter (NED)

Other sports:

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)

Debut:

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

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

Start:

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

Reason:

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

Ambition:

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

Memorable:

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

Hero:

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)

Influence:

Her father. (isu.org)

Philosophy:

"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)

Milestones

Won gold in the 3000m relay and finished fourth in the mixed team relay at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold
:: Gold Medal Event

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