Maria Margaretha Antje "Marja" Vis (born 15 January 1977) 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

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who was active between 1996 and 2010. She competed at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

in the

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competition and finished in 13th place.

Results

Personal bests: *500 m – 39.86 (2002) * 1000 m – 1:17.54 (2007) * 1500 m – 1:55.99 (2007) * 3000 m – 4:04.49 (2007) * 5000 m – 7:02.51 (2007)

References

1977 births Living people Dutch female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Hoorn Speed skaters from North Holland 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-speed-skating-bio-stub