Stien Kaiser

Stien Kaiser

Stien Kaiser in 1968
Personal information
Born (1938-05-20) 20 May 1938
Delft, Netherlands
Sport
Country Netherlands
Sport Speed skating

Christina ("Stien") Wilhelmina Baas-Kaiser (born 20 May 1938) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.[1]

She was not selected for the 1964 Winter Olympics because of her 'old age' (25 at that time), but later turned out to be the first Dutch female world class speed skater. In both 1965 and 1966, she won bronze at the World Allround Championships. After having become World Allround Champion twice (in 1967 and 1968) – and also winning her 3rd and 4th Dutch Allround Championships those years – she participated at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Her two bronze medals – on the 1,500 m, behind Finnish skater Kaija Mustonen and Dutch compatriot Carry Geijssen, and on the 3,000 m behind compatriot Ans Schut and, once more, Kaija Mustonen – were a bit disappointing. Not she, but Geijssen (who not only won silver on the 1,500 m, but also gold on the 1,000 m) and Schut became the Dutch heroines of those Olympics.[1]

Although she was still a formidable competitor in the years that followed, Kaiser was slightly surpassed at major championships by Atje Keulen-Deelstra, who was the same age as Kaiser. In 1972, by then married and 33 years old, Baas-Kaiser was no longer really considered to be a favourite, especially not after her disappointing 11th place at the European Allround Championships. At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Baas-Kaiser originally was not meant to skate, but since fellow Dutch skater Trijnie Rep had disappointed on the 500 m (finishing 20th) and the 1,000 m (finishing 24th), Baas-Kaiser was given a chance on the 1,500 m and the 3,000 m. And she turned it into something beautiful: On the 1,500 m, she won silver behind Dianne Holum, but ahead of Atje Keulen-Deelstra, and on the 3,000 m two days later, she became Olympic Champion ahead of Holum and Keulen-Deelstra. She ended her skating career later that year with a silver medal at the World Allround Championships.[1]

Nationally, she won the allround titles in 1964, 1965, 1967–1969 and 1971, finished second in 1970 and 1972, and third in 1966. In 1967, she was chosen the Dutch Sportswoman of the Year. She is a niece of the Olympic speed skater Kees Broekman.[1]

Records

Over the course of her career, Baas-Kaiser skated nine world records and twenty-seven Dutch records:

World records
DistanceResultDateLocation
3,000 m5:04.829 January 1967Davos
3,000 m4:56.85 March 1967Inzell
Mini combination188.6345 March 1967Inzell
3,000 m4:54.63 February 1968Davos
1,000 m1:31.03 March 1968Inzell
1,500 m2:15.815 January 1971Davos
3,000 m4:46.516 January 1971Davos
1,000 m1:29.016 January 1971Davos
Mini combination182.81716 January 1971Davos

[2]

Dutch records
DistanceResultDateLocation
3,000 m5:36.425 Jan 1964Amsterdam
Mini combination213.31725 Jan 1964Amsterdam
500 m 48.87 Mar 1964Deventer
1000 m1:37.38 Mar 1964Deventer
3,000 m5:29.98 Mar 1964Deventer
Mini combination205.3668 Mar 1964Deventer
1500 m2:30.82 Jan 1965Amsterdam
3,000 m5:23.13 Jan 1965Amsterdam
Mini combination203.2673 Jan 1965Amsterdam
500 m 48.17 Jan 1967Amsterdam
1500 m2:30.47 Jan 1967Amsterdam
1000 m1:35.88 Jan 1967Amsterdam
3000 m5:16.58 Jan 1967Amsterdam
Mini combination198.8838 Jan 1967Amsterdam
500 m 46.518 Feb 1967Deventer
1500 m2:23.018 Feb 1967Deventer
Mini combination195.38419 Feb 1967Deventer
3,000 m5:14.617 Dec 1967Heerenveen
3,000 m5:02.512 Jan 1969Heerenveen
Mini combination194.10012 Jan 1969Heerenveen
1500 m2:21.51 Feb 1969Grenoble
Mini combination190.4832 Feb 1969Grenoble
1500 m2:15.815 Jan 1971Davos
1000 m1:29.016 Jan 1971Davos
3,000 m4:46.516 Jan 1971Davos
Mini combination182.81716 Jan 1971Davos
Sprint combination180.22021 Feb 1971Inzell

[3] Note that Dutch records till the 1968 season only could be skated in the Netherlands[4]

Personal records
DistanceResultDateLocation
500 m 44.814 Mar 1972Heerenveen
1,000 m1:29.016 Jan 1971Davos
1,500 m2:15.815 Jan 1971Davos
3,000 m4:46.516 Jan 1971Davos
Mini combination182.81716 Jan 1971Davos
Awards
Preceded by
Ada Kok
Dutch Sportswoman of the Year
1967
Succeeded by
Ada Kok
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Ard Schenk
Flagbearer for  Netherlands
Grenoble 1968
Succeeded by
Atje Keulen-Deelstra

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Stien Baas-Kaiser. sports-reference.com
  2. Bijlsma et al. 1997, pp. 432, 434, 438.
  3. Bijlsma et al. 1997, pp. 462, 464.
  4. Bijlsma et al. 1997, p. 448.

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