Dirkina Wilhelmina "Ingrid" Paul (born 14 December 1964) is a retired

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

and speed skating coach from the Netherlands. She competed at the

1988 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 57 , athletes = 1,423 (1,122 men, 301 women) , events = 46 in 6 sports (10 disciplines) , opening = February 13, 1988 , closing = February 28, 1988 , opened_by = Governor General Jeanne Sauvé , cauldron ...

in the 3000 m and 5000 m and finished in 14th place in the latter event.

Biography

Skating

In 1986, Paul won the Dutch Marathon Skating Championships. In 1988, she competed in two events in the Calgary Olympics. On the 3000 meters she was disqualified because of an error when crossing lanes with her opponent. On the 5000 meters she finished in 14th place. Personal bests: *500 m – 43.0 (1988) * 1000 m – 1:24.78 (1989) * 1500 m – 2:08.44 (1988) * 3000 m – 4:27.25 (1989) * 5000 m – 7:38.25 (1988)

Skating coach

In the 1990s Paul moved to Canada where from 1992 to 1998 she was head coach of the national team. In 1995, she was named Coach of the Year. At the 1998 Olympics, the team won four medals, including gold for Catriona Le May. Paul then returned to the Netherlands to finish her studies, but very soon received a training offer from the Norwegian skating association and for two years coached in Norway. In 2000, Paul returned to the Netherlands to work with junior skaters, but soon became a personal trainer of

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. They formed a small "team DPA", which was later joined by other skaters and became Team Telfort. The team consisted of

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, Tom Prince, Remco olde Heuvel, Gretha Smit,

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and Ralf van der Rice.

Bribery scandal

In 2009, a bribery scandal evolved suggesting that someone from the Dutch Olympic team tried to buy a starting place for

in the 5000 m race at the 2006 Winter Olympics. An amount of 50,000 Euro was offered to the Polish skater

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to drop out of the race, so that Smit, who has not qualified, could compete. Wójcicka refused, and in December 2009 made the case public. A commission was appointed by the Dutch Olympic Committee and Royal Netherlands Speedskating Association to investigate the matter and confirmed the bribery attempt. Smit won a silver medal in the 5000 m at the 2002 Olympics; Paul was her long-time coach, as well as a national coach for both the 2002 and 2006 Olympics. The name of

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, another national coach, was also mentioned. All three denied their involvement, though Paul admitted to trying to get a starting position for Smit, one way or another.

Cycling

After 2010, Paul quit speed skating and in November 2011 started working as physician with the cycling team

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. In October 2012, she joined the Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks as performance adviser.Ingrid Paul in staf De Rijke
Telegraaf.nl, 11 October 2012

References

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