Sijtje van der Lende (born 31 January 1950) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands and a skating coach. She competed at the 1976 and

1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ...

in all distances from 500 to 3000 m. Her best achievement was ninth place in the 3000 m in 1976. She won the national allround title in 1976 and 1977 and finished in third place in 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1980. Personal bests: *500 m – 43.66 (1980) * 1000 m – 1:25.86 (1980) * 1500 m – 2:12.59 (1979) * 3000 m – 4:39.15 (1977) * 5000 m – 8:25.3 (1982) After retirement she worked as a skating coach with various teams in the Netherlands, and in 1994 became the first female national coach. Her last professional speedskatingteam was VPZ (2005-2008). From 2008 till the Olympic winter games at Vancouver in 2010 she works with the national team of China. At the moment she's advisor for Topteam North Netherlands, a group of talented young speed skaters in this district.

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* 1950 births Living people Dutch female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Friesland People from Weststellingwerf Dutch speed skating coaches Dutch sports coaches 21st-century Dutch women 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-speed-skating-bio-stub