Carla Johanna Zijlstra (born 15 March 1969) 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 skating. ...

from the Netherlands who was active between 1989 and 1999. She competed at the 1992, 1994 and

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

in the 1500, 3000 and 5000 m. Her best achievements were fourth positions in the 3000 and 5000 m in 1992. In 1998, she was the Olympic flag bearer for the Netherlands. She won two silver (1996, 1997) and one bronze medal (1998) in the 5000 m at the world championships; she also had a bronze medal in the 3000 m in 1997. In 2001, she married Anthony Evans, an Olympic cross-country skier from Australia, and moved to Canberra. She has two daughters and works part-time as a

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and

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instructor.

Results

Personal bests: * 500 m – 41.74 (1999) * 1000 m – 1:22.09 (1999) * 1500 m – 2:01.67 (1999) * 3000 m – 4:10.63 (1998) * 5000 m – 7:05.94 (1999)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zijlstra, Carla 1969 births Living people Dutch female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Universiade medalists in speed skating People from Sneek Sportspeople from Friesland Universiade bronze medalists for the Netherlands Competitors at the 1991 Winter Universiade 21st-century Dutch women 20th-century Dutch women