Jorien ter Mors (; born 21 December 1989) is a retired Dutch

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on both short track and long track. She was the Olympic champion in the

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and

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(long track) at the 2014 Winter Olympics and the

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at the

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Short track

Ter Mors competed at the

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for the Netherlands. She placed third in her round one race of the

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and was disqualified in the opening round of the

, failing to advance. She was also a member of the Dutch 3000 metre relay team, which finished third in the semifinals and won the B Final, ending up fourth overall. Her best overall individual finish, is 23rd, in the 500 metres. As of 2013, ter Mors has won two silver medals at the

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; the first came in 2011, as a member of the Dutch relay team, and the second in

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in the 1000 metres. She has also won three gold medals as a member of the Dutch relay team at the European Championships. As of 2013, ter Mors has one

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victory, coming as part of the Dutch relay team in

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. She also has four other podium finishes. Her top World Cup ranking is 7th, in the 1500 metres in 2013–14. On 13 February 2014, she skated the B-finals in the

and placed sixth in the overall standings. On 15 February 2014 she became fourth at the 1,500 metres during the 2014 Winter Olympics. WSDSSC Kolomna 2016 - Jorien ter Mors

On 20 February 2018, she skated the B-finals in the 3,000 metres relay at the

and her team set the world record time of 4:03.471. Incredibly, their effort for that record was rewarded with a bronze medal because in the A-finals Canada and China both were penalized and disqualified leaving only two A-finals teams to get gold and silver. The Netherlands received a bronze medal even though they didn't skate in the A-finals. This was her first ever medal in short-track speed skating at the Olympics. Ter Mors became the first female athlete to win Olympic medals in two different sports at the same Winter Olympic Games.

Long track

In 2012, ter Mors started competing in long track speed skating events. After winning the 2013 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships and the 1,500m at the

2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships The 2014 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships were held at the Thialf ice stadium in Heerenveen Heerenveen (, fry, It Hearrenfean ) is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, ...

she went back to short track, but in the 2013–14 World Cup 4 in Berlin she was part of the Dutch team that won a gold medal in the team pursuit. At the Dutch Olympic trials, held on 26 –30 December 2013 in

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, Heerenveen, she participated in the 1,000, 1,500 and 3,000m but only qualified for the 1,500m where she finished in third place behind

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and Lotte van Beek. On 16 February 2014 she won the Olympic Gold medal at the 1,500 metres during the 2014 Winter Olympics. She set a new Olympic record while doing so, with a time of 1:53.51, the second fastest time at sea level. At the 2018 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, ter Mors won her first world sprint championship gold medal. She previously won bronze in the

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and

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world sprint championships.http://live.isuresults.eu/2017-2018/changchun/standings2.htm . Retrieved 6 March 2018.

World Cup podiums

Short track

Long track

Personal records

Long track

She is currently in 8th position in the adelskalender.

References

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