Frida van Megen

Frida van Megen (born 1 April 1989) is a Norwegian long track speed skater.[1]

Frida van Megen
Personal information
Born (1989-04-01) 1 April 1989
Sport
CountryNorway
SportSpeed skating
ClubBåstad IL
Rakkestad IF
Retired2016

Biography

Van Megen was born in a village east of Oslo as a child of Dutch parents. Frida started skating at Båstad IL in Trøgstad. After the 2004/05 season, Van Megen made the switch to Rakkestad IF in Rakkestad. Her father André, together with his four children, chose to train with the coach Ivar Njøs, who gave training at Rakkestad IF. In 2006 and 2007 Van Megen became national junior allround champion. In 2007 she competed at the World Junior Championships, where she finished in 29th place. After this she had to stop for a while due to Crohn's disease. After studying Nutrition and Health at the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands, she picked up her training again at the local ice club. At the end of 2013 she moved to Hamar as a clinical nutritionist at Sykehuset Innlandet.[2]

She made her international senior debut in 2006–07 at the World Cup in Erfurt in the B division in the 1500 metres event. In the A division she competed in the mass start at the 2014-15 World Cup in Hamar. She represented Norway at the 2015 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, finishing 24th overall.[3] She ended her international career in the 2015/16 season.

Between 2006 and 2015 she had 25 starts at national championships. She became national champion in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres at the 2015 Norwegian Single Distances Championships. Furthermore, she won two silver and two bronze medals at national championships.[3]

Records

Personal records
Personal records
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m41,7407.03.2015Calgary
1000 m1.21,5514.03.2015Stavanger Sø
1500 m2.02,3408.03.2015Calgary
3000 m4.11,2807.03.2015Calgary
5000 m7.23,4725.10.2015Stavanger Sø

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References
  1. "SpeedSkatingStats.com". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. "Van Megen: Noors-Nederlandse parttimeschaatsster". Schaatsen.nl.
  3. "Competition results, statistics and records; SpeedSkatingNews". www.speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  4. "Skaters: Frida van Megen". www.speedskatingbase.eu. Retrieved 15 April 2020.


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