Thijsje Oenema (born 6 June 1988) is a Dutch speed skater and "short-track sprinter". She is specialised on the short distances.
Oenema skates for the VPZ skating team and is a member for skating club S.T.D. Sint Nicolaasga. Her breakthrough was during the 2009 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships, winning the bronze medal at the 500 m. This was very surprising because in the 2007–08 season she was not able to skate because of Pfeiffer's disease.'Patient' in Oenema surprised Thialf Aegon NK Distances, 31 October 2008. With this third place she qualified for the first time for the World Cup.
Oenema also showed that season that she is also very strong at the 100 m. In 2006 and 2007 she was already the Dutch champion at this distance. In 2009, she regained her title she lost in the year before by winning on the ice of Lekkerkerk. KNSB, 7 January 2009. In the same season she took the title at the Dutch championships supersprint.
Although her start of the season 2010 was weak, she managed to qualify for the Olympics in Vancouver by beating Marianne Timmer in a skate-off.
Speed skating Results Season Dutch SD Dutch Sprint World SD World Sprint World Cup Olympics 2005–06 16th 2x500 m Did notparticipate Not held Did notparticipate Did notparticipate Did notparticipate 2006–07 11th 2x500 m Did notparticipate Not held 2007–08 13th 2x500 m 16th 1000 m 2008–09 2x500 m 16th 100 m17th 500 m 2009–10 4th 2x500 m9th 1000 m Did notfinish Not held 8th 500 m 15th 2x500 m 2010–11 5th 2x500 m18th 1000 m 5th Did notparticipate 11th 500 m Not held 2011–12 2x500 m 1000 m19th 1500 m 2x500 m 10th 5th 500 m13th 1000 m 2012–13 2x500 m13th 1000 m 4th 5th 2x500 m 4th 6th 500 m 2013–14 2x500 m10th 1000 m Not held 7th 8th 500 m21st 1000 m28th GWC Did notparticipate 2014–15 2x500 m11th 1000 m 4th 2x500 m 9th 7th 500 m29th 1000 m29th GWC Not held
Medals Championship Dutch Single Distance Dutch Sprint World Single Distance World Cup
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