Stien Kaiser

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Stien Kaiser
Kaiser in 1968
Personal information
Born(1938-05-20)20 May 1938
Delft, Netherlands
Died23 June 2022(2022-06-23) (aged 84)[1]
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Sapporo 3000 m
Silver medal – second place 1972 Sapporo 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Grenoble 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Grenoble 3000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1967 Deventer Allround
Gold medal – first place 1968 Helsinki Allround
Silver medal – second place 1969 Grenoble Allround
Silver medal – second place 1970 West-Allis Allround
Silver medal – second place 1971 Helsinki Allround
Silver medal – second place 1972 Heerenveen Allround
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Oulu Allround
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Trondheim Allround
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1970 Heerenveen Allround

Christina ("Stien") Wilhelmina Baas-Kaiser (20 May 1938 – 23 June 2022) was a Dutch speed skater.[2]

Life

She was not selected for the 1964 Winter Olympics because of her 'old age' (25 at that time) but later turned out to be the first Dutch female world class speed skater. In both 1965 and 1966, she won bronze at the World Allround Championships. After having become World Allround Champion twice (in 1967 and 1968) – and also winning her 3rd and 4th Dutch Allround Championships those years – she participated at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Her two bronze medals – in the 1,500 m, behind Finnish skater Kaija Mustonen and Dutch compatriot Carry Geijssen, and in the 3,000 m behind compatriot Ans Schut and, once more, Kaija Mustonen – were a bit disappointing. Not she, but Geijssen (who not only won silver in the 1,500 m, but also gold in the 1,000 m) and Schut became the Dutch heroines of those Olympics.[2]

Although she was still a formidable competitor in the years that followed, Kaiser was slightly surpassed at major championships by

Sapporo, Baas-Kaiser originally was not meant to skate, but since fellow Dutch skater Trijnie Rep had disappointed in the 500 m (finishing 20th) and the 1,000 m (finishing 24th), Baas-Kaiser was given a chance in the 1,500 m and the 3,000 m. And she turned it into something beautiful: On the 1,500 m, she won silver behind Dianne Holum, but ahead of Atje Keulen-Deelstra, and in the 3,000 m two days later, she became Olympic Champion ahead of Holum and Keulen-Deelstra. She ended her skating career later that year with a silver medal at the World Allround Championships.[2]

Nationally, she won the allround titles in 1964, 1965, 1967–1969, and 1971, finished second in 1970 and 1972, and third in 1966. In 1967, she was chosen the Dutch Sportswoman of the Year. She was a niece of the Olympic speed skater Kees Broekman.[2]

Records

Over the course of her career, Baas-Kaiser skated nine

world records
and twenty-seven Dutch records:

World records
Distance Result Date Location
3,000 m 5:04.8 29 January 1967 Davos
3,000 m 4:56.8 5 March 1967
Inzell
Mini combination 188.634 5 March 1967
Inzell
3,000 m 4:54.6 3 February 1968 Davos
1,000 m 1:31.0 3 March 1968
Inzell
1,500 m 2:15.8 15 January 1971 Davos
3,000 m 4:46.5 16 January 1971 Davos
1,000 m 1:29.0 16 January 1971 Davos
Mini combination 182.817 16 January 1971 Davos
[3]
Dutch records
Distance Result Date Location
3,000 m 5:36.4 25 January 1964 Amsterdam
Mini combination 213.317 25 January 1964
Amsterdam
500 m 48.8 7 March 1964 Deventer
1000 m 1:37.3 8 March 1964 Deventer
3,000 m 5:29.9 8 March 1964 Deventer
Mini combination 205.366 8 March 1964 Deventer
1500 m 2:30.8 2 January 1965
Amsterdam
3,000 m 5:23.1 3 January 1965
Amsterdam
Mini combination 203.267 3 January 1965
Amsterdam
500 m 48.1 7 January 1967
Amsterdam
1500 m 2:30.4 7 January 1967
Amsterdam
1000 m 1:35.8 8 January 1967
Amsterdam
3000 m 5:16.5 8 January 1967
Amsterdam
Mini combination 198.883 8 January 1967
Amsterdam
500 m 46.5 18 February 1967 Deventer
1500 m 2:23.0 18 February 1967 Deventer
Mini combination 195.384 19 February 1967 Deventer
3,000 m 5:14.6 17 December 1967 Heerenveen
3,000 m 5:02.5 12 January 1969 Heerenveen
Mini combination 194.100 12 January 1969 Heerenveen
1500 m 2:21.5 1 February 1969 Grenoble
Mini combination 190.483 2 February 1969 Grenoble
1500 m 2:15.8 15 January 1971 Davos
1000 m 1:29.0 16 January 1971 Davos
3,000 m 4:46.5 16 January 1971 Davos
Mini combination 182.817 16 January 1971 Davos
Sprint combination 180.220 21 February 1971
Inzell
[4] Note that Dutch records until the 1968 season only could be skated in the Netherlands[5]
Personal records
Distance Result Date Location
500 m 44.81 4 March 1972 Heerenveen
1,000 m 1:29.0 16 January 1971 Davos
1,500 m 2:15.8 15 January 1971 Davos
3,000 m 4:46.5 16 January 1971 Davos
Mini combination 182.817 16 January 1971 Davos

References

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Notes

  1. ^ "Olympisch schaatskampioene Stien Kaiser (84) overleden". NU.nl (in Dutch). 24 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Stien Baas-Kaiser. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ Bijlsma et al. 1997, pp. 432, 434, 438.
  4. ^ Bijlsma et al. 1997, pp. 462, 464.
  5. ^ Bijlsma et al. 1997, p. 448.

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Awards
Preceded by Dutch Sportswoman of the Year
1967 		Succeeded by
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Netherlands
Grenoble 1968 		Succeeded by
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