Jorien ter Mors

Jorien ter Mors (Dutch pronunciation: [joːˈrin tɛr ˈmɔrs]; born 21 December 1989) is a Dutch speed skater on both short track and long track. She was the Olympic champion in the 1500 metres and team pursuit (long track) at the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 1000 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Jorien ter Mors

Jorien ter Mors in 2016
Personal information
Born	21 December 1989 Enschede, Netherlands
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Website	www.jorientermors.nl
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating Short track speed skating
Coached by	Jeroen Otter
Medal record Representing  Netherlands Women's speed skating Winter Olympics 2014 Sochi 1500 m 2014 Sochi Team pursuit 2018 Pyeongchang 1000 m World Sprint Championships 2018 Changchun Sprint 2016 Seoul Sprint 2017 Calgary Sprint World Single Distances Championships 2016 Kolomna 1000 m 2016 Kolomna 1500 m 2017 Gangneung 1000 m European Championships 2017 Heerenveen Sprint Women's short track speed skating Winter Olympics 2018 Pyeongchang 3000 m relay World Championships 2011 Sheffield 3000 m relay 2013 Debrecen 1000 m 2013 Debrecen 3000 m European Championships 2011 Heerenveen 3000 2012 Mlada Boleslav 1000 m 2012 Mlada Boleslav 3000 m relay 2013 Malmö 3000 m relay 2014 Dresden Overall  2014 Dresden 1500 m 2014 Dresden 3000 m 2014 Dresden 3000 m relay 2016 Sochi 3000 m relay 2012 Mlada Boleslav 1500 m 2012 Mlada Boleslav 3000 m 2012 Mlada Boleslav Overall  2013 Malmö 500 m 2013 Malmö 3000 m 2014 Dresden 1000 m 2016 Sochi 1500 m 2007 Sheffield 3000 m relay 2010 Dresden 3000 m relay 2013 Malmö 1000 m 2013 Malmö Overall  2014 Dresden 500 m

Short track

Ter Mors competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for the Netherlands. She placed third in her round one race of the 500 metres and was disqualified in the opening round of the 1000 metres, failing to advance. She was also a member of the Dutch 3000 metre relay team, which finished third in the semifinals and won the B Final, ending up fourth overall. Her best overall individual finish, is 23rd, in the 500 metres.[1]

As of 2013, ter Mors has won two silver medals at the World Championships; the first came in 2011, as a member of the Dutch relay team, and the second in 2013 in the 1000 metres. She has also won three gold medals as a member of the Dutch relay team at the European Championships.[2]

As of 2013, ter Mors has one ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup victory, coming as part of the Dutch relay team in 2012–13 at Dresden. She also has four other podium finishes. Her top World Cup ranking is 7th, in the 1500 metres in 2013–14.[2]

On 13 February 2014, she skated the B-finals in the 500 metres and placed sixth in the overall standings. On 15 February 2014 she became fourth at the 1,500 metres during the 2014 Winter Olympics.

On 20 February 2018, she skated the B-finals in the 3,000 metres relay at the 2018 Winter Olympics and her team set the world record time of 4:03.471. Incredibly, their effort for that record was rewarded with a bronze medal because in the A-finals Canada and China both were penalized and disqualified leaving only two A-finals teams to get gold and silver. The Netherlands received a bronze medal even though they didn't skate in the A-finals. This was her first ever medal in short-track speed skating at the Olympics. Ter Mors became the first female athlete to win Olympic medals in two different sports at the same Winter Olympic Games.[3]

Long track

In 2012, ter Mors started competing in long track speed skating events. After winning the 2013 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships and the 1,500m at the 2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships she went back to short track, but in the 2013–14 World Cup 4 in Berlin she was part of the Dutch team that won a gold medal in the team pursuit.

At the Dutch Olympic trials, held on 26 –30 December 2013 in Thialf, Heerenveen, she participated in the 1,000, 1,500 and 3,000m but only qualified for the 1,500m where she finished in third place behind Ireen Wüst and Lotte van Beek. On 16 February 2014 she won the Olympic Gold medal at the 1,500 metres during the 2014 Winter Olympics.[4][5] She set a new Olympic record while doing so, with a time of 1:53.51, the second fastest time at sea level.[6]

At the 2018 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, ter Mors won her first world sprint championship gold medal. She previously won bronze in the 2016 and 2017 world sprint championships.[7]

World Cup podiums

Short track

[2]

Date	Season	Location	Rank	Event
5 December 2010	2010–11	Changchun		3000 m relay
5 February 2012	2011–12	Moscow		3000 m relay
11 February 2012	2011–12	Dordrecht		1000 m
10 February 2013	2012–13	Dresden		3000 m relay
28 September 2013	2013–14	Shanghai		1500 m

Long track

Date	Season	Location	Rank	Event
16 November 2012	2012–13	Heerenveen		3000 m
17 November 2012	2012–13	Heerenveen		Mass start
8 December 2013	2013–14	Berlin		Team pursuit

Personal records

Ter Mors (2020)

Long track

Personal records[8]
Women's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	37.39	26 February 2017	Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m	1:12.53	25 February 2017	Olympic Oval, Calgary
1500 m	1:53.51	16 February 2014	Sochi	OR
3000 m	4:02.23	6 December 2013	Berlin
5000 m	7:06.79	30 December 2012	Thialf, Heerenveen

She is currently in 8th position in the adelskalender.[9]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jorien ter Mors". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
2. "ISU Biography".
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2018-02-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Jorien ter Mors wins 1,500 speed skating as Dutch sweep medals again". The Globe and Mail. Feb 16, 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
5. "Speedskating: Versatile Jorien ter Mors beats Ireen Wust, leads another Dutch sweep". The Washington Post. February 16, 2014. Archived from the original on February 17, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
6. Paul Newberry (16 February 2014). "Ter Mors sets Olympic record as Dutch sweep women's 1,500m". Associated Press. The Chronicle Herald (Halifax). Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
7. http://live.isuresults.eu/2017-2018/changchun/standings2.htm Archived 2018-03-07 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 6 March 2018.
8. "Jorien ter Mors". speedskatingresults.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
9. "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Jorien ter Mors at the International Skating Union
• Jorien ter Mors at the International Olympic Committee
• Jorien ter Mors at the Olympic Channel