Stien Kaiser

Christina ("Stien") Wilhelmina Baas-Kaiser (20 May 1938 – 23 June 2022) was a Dutch speed skater.[2]

Stien Kaiser
Kaiser in 1968
Personal information
Born(1938-05-20)20 May 1938
Delft, Netherlands
Died23 June 2022(2022-06-23) (aged 84)[1]
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1972 Sapporo 3000 m
Silver medal – second place1972 Sapporo 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place1968 Grenoble 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place1968 Grenoble 3000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1967 DeventerAllround
Gold medal – first place1968 HelsinkiAllround
Silver medal – second place1969 GrenobleAllround
Silver medal – second place1970 West-AllisAllround
Silver medal – second place1971 HelsinkiAllround
Silver medal – second place1972 HeerenveenAllround
Bronze medal – third place1965 OuluAllround
Bronze medal – third place1966 TrondheimAllround
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1970 HeerenveenAllround

Life

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 – in the 1,500 m, behind Finnish skater Kaija Mustonen and Dutch compatriot Carry Geijssen, and in 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 in the 1,500 m, but also gold in the 1,000 m) and Schut became the Dutch heroines of those Olympics.[2]

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 in the 500 m (finishing 20th) and the 1,000 m (finishing 24th), Baas-Kaiser was given a chance in 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 in 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.[2]

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 was a niece of the Olympic speed skater Kees Broekman.[2]

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
[3]
Dutch records
DistanceResultDateLocation
3,000 m5:36.425 January 1964Amsterdam
Mini combination213.31725 January 1964Amsterdam
500 m48.87 March 1964Deventer
1000 m1:37.38 March 1964Deventer
3,000 m5:29.98 March 1964Deventer
Mini combination205.3668 March 1964Deventer
1500 m2:30.82 January 1965Amsterdam
3,000 m5:23.13 January 1965Amsterdam
Mini combination203.2673 January 1965Amsterdam
500 m48.17 January 1967Amsterdam
1500 m2:30.47 January 1967Amsterdam
1000 m1:35.88 January 1967Amsterdam
3000 m5:16.58 January 1967Amsterdam
Mini combination198.8838 January 1967Amsterdam
500 m46.518 February 1967Deventer
1500 m2:23.018 February 1967Deventer
Mini combination195.38419 February 1967Deventer
3,000 m5:14.617 December 1967Heerenveen
3,000 m5:02.512 January 1969Heerenveen
Mini combination194.10012 January 1969Heerenveen
1500 m2:21.51 February 1969Grenoble
Mini combination190.4832 February 1969Grenoble
1500 m2:15.815 January 1971Davos
1000 m1:29.016 January 1971Davos
3,000 m4:46.516 January 1971Davos
Mini combination182.81716 January 1971Davos
Sprint combination180.22021 February 1971Inzell
[4] Note that Dutch records until the 1968 season only could be skated in the Netherlands[5]
Personal records
DistanceResultDateLocation
500 m44.814 March 1972Heerenveen
1,000 m1:29.016 January 1971Davos
1,500 m2:15.815 January 1971Davos
3,000 m4:46.516 January 1971Davos
Mini combination182.81716 January 1971Davos

References
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Notes
  1. "Olympisch schaatskampioene Stien Kaiser (84) overleden". NU.nl (in Dutch). 24 June 2022.
  2. Stien Baas-Kaiser. sports-reference.com
  3. Bijlsma et al. 1997, pp. 432, 434, 438.
  4. Bijlsma et al. 1997, pp. 462, 464.
  5. Bijlsma et al. 1997, p. 448.

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