Carla Johanna Zijlstra (born 15 March 1969) is a retired

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marath ...

from the

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, who was active between 1989 and 1999. She competed at the 1992, 1994 and

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

in the 1500, 3000 and 5000 m. Her best achievements were fourth positions in the 3000 and 5000 m in 1992. In 1998, she was the Olympic flag bearer for the Netherlands. She won two silver (1996, 1997) and one bronze medal (1998) in the 5000 m at the world championships; she also had a bronze medal in the 3000 m in 1997. In 2001, she married Anthony Evans, an Olympic cross-country skier from Australia, and moved to Canberra. She has two daughters and works part-time as a

physiotherapist Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a healthcare profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through patient education, physical intervention, disease preventio ...

and

pilates Pilates (; ) is a type of mind-body exercise developed in the early 20th century by German physical trainer Joseph Pilates, after whom it was named. Pilates called his method "Contrology". Pilates uses a combination of around 50 repetitive e ...

instructor.

Results

Personal bests: * 500 m – 41.74 (1999) * 1000 m – 1:22.09 (1999) * 1500 m – 2:01.67 (1999) * 3000 m – 4:10.63 (1998) * 5000 m – 7:05.94 (1999)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zijlstra, Carla 1969 births Living people Dutch female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Winter World University Games medalists in speed skating Sportspeople from Sneek Speed skaters from Friesland FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Netherlands Competitors at the 1991 Winter Universiade 21st-century Dutch women Pilates instructors 20th-century Dutch sportswomen