Astrid Jansen in de Wal, later surname Shrubb, is a Dutch former competitive

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. She is a three-time Dutch national champion and competed at five ISU Championships.

Personal life

Astrid Jansen in de Wal is a dual citizen of Canada and the Netherlands. She is the sister of Canadian soccer player

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Career

Early in her career, Jansen trained in

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, Quebec, and at the Hamilton-Stoney Creek Skating Club in

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. Encouraged by a coach,

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, she decided to represent the Netherlands and moved to that country to train under

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. Jansen won the first of her three consecutive Dutch national titles in the 1977–78 season. A competitor at five ISU Championships, she finished 17th at the 1978 Europeans in

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, France; 18th at the 1978 Worlds in

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, Canada; 20th at the 1979 Europeans in

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, Yugoslavia; 23rd at the 1979 Worlds in

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, Austria; and 18th at the 1980 Europeans in

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, Sweden. After retiring from competition, Jansen became a skating coach with a focus on spins. She joined

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's coaching team in 2007.

Competitive highlights

References

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