Sandrine TAS

Belgium

Speed Skating

Date of Birth: 7 Sep 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.71/5'7''

Place of birth: OOSTENDE

Birth Country:

Belgium

Residence: OOSTENDE

Residence Country:

Belgium

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Speed Skating	Women's 500m	28
	Women's 1000m	28
	Women's 1500m	29
	Women's Mass Start	24

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's 1500m	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's 500m	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's 1000m	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women's Team Pursuit	2020	Heerenveen, NED
15	Women's 500m	2022	Heerenveen, NED
18	Women's Mass Start	2020	Heerenveen, NED
21	Women's Mass Start	2022	Heerenveen, NED

World Single Distance Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women's Mass Start Semi-Final 1	2021	Heerenveen, NED
17	Women's Mass Start Final	2021	Heerenveen, NED
19	Women's 500m	2021	Heerenveen, NED
24	Women's 1500m	2021	Heerenveen, NED

World Cup
Season	Women's 500m	Women's 1500m	Women's Mass Start	Women's Long Distances
2020/21	25	27	13	27
2019/20				54

Hobbies:

Baking

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Bioscience engineering - Ghent University (BEL)

Family:

Father, Albaan. Mother, Carine Dekeyzer. Brothers, Kwinten and Siemen.

Languages spoken:

Dutch, English, French

Club name:

ZRC Zandvoorde

Coach:

National: Simon Kuipers (NED)

Sporting relatives:

Brother Kwinten Tas (Inline speed skating): European road relay champion in 2009, with two more minor medals. Belgium national team coach, guiding Sandrine for most of her career.

Brother Siemen Tas (Inline speed skating): Competed at the European Championships.

Other sports:

Inline speed skating: Dual world champion in 2015 (1000m track, marathon road), winning a silver and four bronze medals in 2017 and 2019. Won six medals at the 2017 World Games, including 1000m track gold. European champion 18 times from 2016-19.

Cycling: Finished 40th at the 2021 National Championships.

Debut:

2019 International Race in Inzell (500m - 11th, 1000m - 12th, 1500m - 6th)
2019 World Cup in Nagano (Team pursuit - 8th)

Injuries:

Mid-2020: Ankle injury after a fall. Started competing in cycling as she could not inline skate that summer.

2013: Broken arm at European Championships (inline speed skating).

National team:

2018

Start:

Began speed skating in 2018 in Heerenveen. (isu.org)

Reason:

Joined the Belgian "Road to Ice" program to bring successful inline skaters to the ice. (schaatsen.nl, 29 Oct 2018)

Ambition:

"Participate in the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. A medal is probably out of reach, but I will give it my all!" (kw.be, 9 Sep 2021)

Memorable:

Winning inline speed skating gold medals at the 2015 World Championships and 2017 World Games. (etixxsports.com, 2021)

Hero:

Road cyclist Fabian Cancellara (SUI), two-time Olympic time trial gold medallist and four-time world time trial champion. (rollerenligne.com, 2017)

Philosophy:

"Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness" (Instagram, 24 July 2020)

General Interest

EVERYTHING FOR THE ICE
With the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games coming, inline speed skater Sandrine Tas sacrificed her summer to prepare for the ice. "I had dreamt of skating at World Championships in Colombia (where inline skating is very popular) for years, but the timing is poor with the Winter Olympics coming up. I made a transfer to the ice in 2018 to achieve my Olympic dream. Now, at the height of my career, it's time to realise that dream." (kw.be, 9 Sep 2021)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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