Yvonne Nauta (born 21 February 1991) is a former Dutch female

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 is specialised in long distances and was born in

Uitwellingerga Uitwellingerga () is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 355 in January 2017. Uitwellingerga and adjacent Oppenhuizen () are "twin villages" together referred to ...

. Nauta won three titles at the Junior World Championships (2 x team pursuit and 3000 meter). On 27 October 2013, she won the 5000 m title at the Dutch Distances Championships. Nauta participated in the 2014 European Championships and finished second behind compatriot

Ireen Wüst Irene Karlijn "Ireen" Wüst (; born 1 April 1986) is a Dutch former long track speed skater. Wüst became the most successful speed skating Olympian ever by achieving at least one gold medal in each of five consecutive Winter Olympic appearan ...

. At the

2014 World Allround Speed Skating Championships The 2014 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at the indoor ice rink of the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 22–23 March 2014. Ireen Wüst won the women's title for the fifth time while Koen Verweij won his first wor ...

Heerenveen Heerenveen (, ) is a town and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the m ...

, she won the 5000 m and finished third in the final ranking.

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1991 births Living people Dutch female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics People from Wymbritseradiel World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists Speed skaters from Friesland 21st-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-speed-skating-bio-stub