Carlijn Schoutens (born December 12, 1994)Who is Carlijn Schoutens?
at nbcolympics.com is a Dutch-American

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. ...

who qualified for the U.S. team at the

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in the women's 3000 meter event, the women’s 5000 meter event and the Ladies Team Pursuit.Carlijn Schoutens: een Nederlandse Amerikaanse , Schaatsen.nl
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Early life

Schoutens was born in Trenton, New Jersey, to Dutch parents who were living abroad. When she was 7 months old her family returned to the Netherlands and she grew up in the town of Heemstede. She started speedskating in

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...

and participated in the Dutch national all-around speed skating championships in 2012/2013 as well as Junior National Championships, where she won multiple medals. Holding two passports, she moved to Salt Lake City after contacting Matt Kooreman,
US Speedskating
coach, where she elected to compete for the United States over the Netherlands. Carlijn studies medicine remotely at the

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research ...

2018 Olympics

Schoutens qualified for the

by winning the national title at the United States Olympic Trials in the 3000m and 5000m distances.Dutch treat: Schoutens earns 2nd Olympic speedskating spot
/ref> She was selected to race in the Team Pursuit where Carlijn won a bronze medal after skating in the semi-final race to help her team, consisting of Heather Bergsma,

Brittany Bowe Brittany Starr Bowe (born February 24, 1988) is an American speed skater and former inline skater and basketball player. She has eight gold, one silver, and two bronze medals from the world inline speedskating championships. From her junior years, ...

and Mia Kilburg Manganello.

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