Carlijn Schoutens (born December 12, 1994)Who is Carlijn Schoutens?
at nbcolympics.com is a Dutch-American

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 ...

who qualified for the U.S. team at the

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in the women's 3000 meter event, the women’s 5000 meter event and the Ladies Team Pursuit.Carlijn Schoutens: een Nederlandse Amerikaanse , Schaatsen.nl
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Early life

Schoutens was born in

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, to Dutch parents who were living abroad. When she was 7 months old her family returned to the Netherlands and she grew up in the town of

Heemstede Heemstede () is a town and a municipality in the Western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. In 2021, it had a population of 27,545. Located just south of the city of Haarlem on the border with South Holland, it is one of the richest ...

. She started speedskating in

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and participated in the Dutch national all-around speed skating championships in 2012/2013 as well as Junior National Championships, where she won multiple medals. Holding two passports, she moved to Salt Lake City after contacting Matt Kooreman,
US Speedskating
coach, where she elected to compete for the United States over the Netherlands. Carlijn studies medicine remotely at the

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam The (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public university, public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in ...

2018 Olympics

Schoutens qualified for the

by winning the national title at the United States Olympic Trials in the 3000m and 5000m distances.Dutch treat: Schoutens earns 2nd Olympic speedskating spot
/ref> She was selected to race in the Team Pursuit where Carlijn won a bronze medal after skating in the semi-final race to help her team, consisting of Heather Bergsma,

Brittany Bowe Brittany Starr Bowe (born February 24, 1988) is an American speed skater and former inline skater and basketball player. She has won eight gold, one silver, and two bronze medals from the world inline speedskating championships. From her junior ...

and Mia Kilburg Manganello.

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