Lindsay van Zundert
| Lindsay van Zundert | ||||||||||||
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 Van Zundert at the 2022 World Championships | ||||||||||||
| Born | 1 February 2005 Etten-Leur, Netherlands | |||||||||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||||||||
| Country |  Netherlands | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's singles | |||||||||||
| Retired | 2024 | |||||||||||
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Lindsay van Zundert (born 1 February 2005) is a retired Dutch figure skater. She is the 2021 Celje Open champion, the 2020 NRW Trophy champion, and a three-time Dutch national champion.
Personal life
[edit]Van Zundert was born on 1 February 2005 in Etten-Leur. As of 2020, she was a mavo-4 student at Graaf Engelbrecht in Breda.[1]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Van Zundert began skating at the age of seven.[2] She competed at domestic Belgian competitions early in her career.[3] In 2015, van Zundert began training under Ans Bocklandt in Courchevel, France and Wilrijk, Belgium.
Van Zundert is the 2017 and 2018 Dutch advanced novice national champion.[4] She also won the 2019 Dutch junior national title, but was not sent to the 2019 World Junior Championships.
2019–2020 season
[edit]Van Zundert attended several training seminars both abroad in Andorra, France, and the United States, as well as domestic ones sponsored by Joan Haanappel's Netherlands Figure Skating Foundation. She went door-to-door in Etten-Leur to collect donations and bottles to finance her trips.[2]
Van Zundert made her Junior Grand Prix debut at 2019 JGP France, finishing 21st. Her result was insufficient to earn the Netherlands a spot at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. Van Zundert then finished sixth at the Tallinn Trophy. She won her first international medal, silver, at the Santa Claus Cup. After a fourth-place finish at the 2020 Bavarian Open, van Zundert was named to the 2020 World Junior Championships team.[5] She defended her junior national title the following month. At Junior Worlds, van Zundert finished 29th in the short program and did not qualify to the final segment.[6]
2020–2021 season
[edit]Due to the cancellation of the Junior Grand Prix, van Zundert opened her season by making her senior international debut at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where she was the youngest competitor. She earned all personal bests to finish seventh overall. Her coach could not travel from Belgium, and she was accompanied by Lorenzo Magri, an Italian coach she knew from training.[1][7] After the competition, she announced she was leaving her longtime coach, Ans Bocklandt, to train under Jorik Hendrickx and Carine Herrygers in Eindhoven and Tilburg.[8] In November, van Zundert won her first international title at the 2020 NRW Trophy, ahead of Josefin Taljegård and Jenni Saarinen. Her results earned her the technical minimums for the 2021 European Championships.[9] Van Zundert competed at several other Senior Bs throughout the season, winning medals at the Winter Star (silver) and Celje Open (gold).
Although the European Championships were eventually cancelled, van Zundert was able to earn her technical minimums at the 2021 Challenge Cup to earn a berth on the Dutch team for the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm. As the highest-ranked Dutch skater at Challenge Cup, she also earned her first senior national title. At the World Championships, she received a short program score of 57.72, which qualified her for the free skate in twenty-fourth position, the last skater to make the cut. In the free skate, she scored a new personal best of 116.78 and moved up to sixteenth position.[10] Van Zundert's ranking qualified a berth for a Dutch skater at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[11] This was the first time the Netherlands had qualified in the Olympic ladies' event since Dianne de Leeuw in 1976. She remarked, "I have worked so hard for it, and I have given so much; it gives such a great feeling that I have achieved this."[12]
2021–2022 season
[edit]
Van Zundert began the season at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy, where she placed seventh. She attempted a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination in competition for the first time.[13] She was eleventh at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy. She competed at the NRW Trophy in early November. She was second after the short program, won the free skate and placed first overall to win her second straight title at the event.[14]
In late November, van Zundert was officially nominated to the Dutch Olympic team.[15] In January, she was named co-flagbearer for the opening ceremony, alongside speed skater Kjeld Nuis.[16] Shortly afterward she made her debut at the European Championships but had a disappointing outing when she failed to advance to the free skate and finished in twenty-seventh place. Coach Carine Herrygers opined, "she has put too much pressure on herself in recent weeks" and "in that respect, it has been a good lesson for the Games."[17]
Competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics in the short program of the women's event, Van Zundert came twenty-second, qualifying for the free skate.[18] Sixteenth in the free skate, she rose to eighteenth overall.[19]
Following the Olympics, Van Zundert attended the 2022 Challenge Cup, which includes the Dutch national championships. She was tenth after the short program, 0.71 points clear of Niki Wories, her direct competition for the Dutch title. With a wider margin of 13.24 points in the free program, she retained the Dutch title while ending up seventh overall in the Challenge Cup.[20] Van Zundert ended her season with a seventeenth place at the 2022 World Championships.[14]
2022–2023 season
[edit]In the aftermath of the Olympic season, Van Zundert would subsequently admit to struggling with motivation, saying "I had reached the highest level in competitions. I no longer had a goal in mind for myself." As well, she had difficulties with finding sponsors to continue funding her training.[21]
Van Zundert began the season with a ninth placement at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, and then was seventh at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy.[14] To her surprise, she was invited to appear twice on the senior Grand Prix, making her debut at the 2022 Skate Canada International. Despite finishing eleventh of twelve skaters, she expressed satisfaction, saying it was a "huge learning experience to be here. Just to experience how such a match goes."[22] She then finished eleventh once again at the 2022 Grand Prix de France, and then fifth at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[14]
At the 2023 European Championships, Van Zundert finished fourteenth. She expressed frustration with having fallen twice in the free skate and dropping out of the top ten. As a result, she opted to reduce her short program technical content going into the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, performing only a triple-double combination. She skated cleanly and finished nineteenth in the segment, qualifying to the free skate.[21] She ultimately finished twenty-second.[14]
2023–2024 season
[edit]Van Zundert began the season with two Challenger assignments, placing sixth at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and twentieth at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy.[14] In her lone Grand Prix appearance, she was twelfth at the 2023 NHK Trophy.[23] She did not compete at the 2024 European Championships, citing personal circumstances that kept her from training enough.[24] In February, she stated that she was still training occasionally while working in hospitality, and that while she still enjoyed skating, she was not yet sure if she would return to competition or not.[25] She did not enter the 2024 World Championships.
In August, she announced her retirement at age 19. She cited a lack of energy to continue training as well as the 2024 deaths of fellow Dutch figure skaters Sjoukje Dijkstra and Joan Haanappel, with whom she had been friends. She also said that she intended to become a figure skating coach.[26]
Programs
[edit]| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2023–2024 [27] |
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| 2022–2023 [28] |
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| 2021–2022 [29] |
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| 2020–2021 [30] |
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| 2019–2020 [31] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]- GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
| Season | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympics | 17th | |||
| World Championships | 16th | 17th | 22nd | |
| European Championships | 26th | 14th | ||
| Dutch Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| GP France | 11th | |||
| GP NHK Trophy | 12th | |||
| GP Skate Canada | 11th | |||
| CS Budapest Trophy | 20th | |||
| CS Finlandia Trophy | 11th | 7th | ||
| CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 5th | |||
| CS Lombardia Trophy | 7th | |||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 7th | 9th | 6th | |
| Celje Open | 1st | |||
| Challenge Cup | 6th | 7th | 5th | |
| NRW Trophy | 1st | 1st | ||
| Tirnavia Ice Cup | 4th | |||
| Winter Star | 2nd |
| Season | 2018–19 | 2019–20 |
|---|---|---|
| World Junior Championships | 29th | |
| Dutch Championships | 1st | 1st |
| JGP France | 21st | |
| Bavarian Open | 7th | 4th |
| Challenge Cup | 5th | 9th |
| Coupe du Printemps | 6th | |
| Christmas Cup | 8th | |
| Prague Ice Cup | 12th | |
| Santa Claus Cup | 2nd | |
| Tallinn Trophy | 6th |
Detailed results
[edit]| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 175.81 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| Short program | TSS | 59.24 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| TES | 33.06 | 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy | |
| PCS | 27.99 | 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | |
| Free skating | TSS | 116.78 | 2021 World Championships |
| TES | 64.74 | 2021 World Championships | |
| PCS | 57.13 | 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb |
Senior level
[edit]| 2023–2024 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 24–26 November 2023 | 2023 NHK Trophy | 12 43.46 |
12 82.36 |
12 125.82 |
| 27-29 October 2023 | 2023 Tirnavia Ice Cup | 4 43.80 |
4 101.60 |
4 155.40 |
| 13-15 October 2023 | 2023 CS Budapest Trophy | 26 40.92 |
14 94.32 |
20 135.24 |
| 20–23 September 2023 | 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 4 58.96 |
8 103.56 |
6 162.52 |
| 2022–23 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 22–26 March 2023 | 2023 World Championships | 19 57.56 |
22 101.99 |
22 159.55 |
| 23–26 February 2023 | 2023 International Challenge Cup | 8 58.03 |
6 118.81 |
5 176.84 |
| 25–29 January 2023 | 2023 European Championships | 10 58.13 |
15 99.97 |
14 158.10 |
| 7–10 December 2022 | 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 3 58.66 |
5 116.15 |
5 174.81 |
| 4–6 November 2022 | 2022 Grand Prix de France | 11 55.11 |
11 98.98 |
11 154.09 |
| 28–30 October 2022 | 2022 Skate Canada International | 9 55.22 |
10 105.74 |
11 160.96 |
| 5–9 October 2022 | 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy | 6 59.22 |
8 105.59 |
7 164.81 |
| 21–24 September 2022 | 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 8 53.11 |
8 101.20 |
9 154.31 |
| 2021–22 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 21–27 March 2022 | 2022 World Championships | 18 58.49 |
17 112.90 |
17 171.39 |
| 24–27 February 2022 | 2022 International Challenge Cup | 10 51.14 |
7 99.83 |
7 150.97 |
| 15–17 February 2022 | 2022 Winter Olympics | 21 59.24 |
15 116.57 |
17 175.81 |
| 10–16 January 2022 | 2022 European Championships | 27 48.92 |
– | 27 48.92 |
| 18–21 November 2021 | 2021 CS Warsaw Cup | 6 79.34 |
12 134.42 |
7 213.76 |
| 4–7 November 2021 | 2021 NRW Trophy | 2 58.72 |
1 111.19 |
1 169.91 |
| 7–10 October 2021 | 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy | 15 57.04 |
11 114.36 |
11 171.40 |
| 10–12 September 2021 | 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy | 6 57.90 |
8 105.46 |
7 163.36 |
| 2020–21 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 22–28 March 2021 | 2021 World Championships | 24 57.72 |
15 116.78 |
16 174.50 |
| 26–28 February 2021 | 2021 International Challenge Cup | 4 59.01 |
6 101.99 |
6 161.00 |
| 12–14 February 2021 | 2021 Celje Open | 5 52.58 |
1 111.85 |
1 164.43 |
| 11–12 December 2020 | 2020 Winter Star | 2 56.06 |
2 103.77 |
2 159.83 |
| 26–29 November 2020 | 2020 NRW Trophy | 4 53.05 |
1 113.87 |
1 166.92 |
| 23–26 September 2020 | 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 7 51.65 |
10 90.28 |
7 141.93 |
Junior level
[edit]| 2019–20 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 2–8 March 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 29 48.21 |
– | 29 48.21 |
| 20–23 February 2020 | 2020 International Challenge Cup | 9 48.89 |
10 81.96 |
9 130.85 |
| 3–9 February 2020 | 2020 Bavarian Open | 5 52.02 |
4 99.06 |
4 151.08 |
| 11–17 November 2019 | 2019 Tallinn Trophy | 5 45.31 |
5 79.08 |
6 124.39 |
| 2–8 December 2019 | 2019 Santa Claus Cup | 1 51.64 |
3 84.14 |
2 135.78 |
| 21–24 August 2019 | 2019 JGP France | 17 46.33 |
22 80.18 |
21 126.51 |
| 2018–19 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 15–17 March 2019 | 2019 Coupe du Printemps | 8 37.97 |
6 76.05 |
6 114.02 |
| 21–24 February 2019 | 2019 International Challenge Cup | 5 41.93 |
5 75.16 |
5 117.09 |
| 5–10 February 2019 | 2019 Bavarian Open | 14 38.83 |
5 84.49 |
7 123.32 |
| 29 November–2 December 2018 | 2018 Christmas Cup | 6 43.31 |
8 78.05 |
8 121.36 |
| 9–11 November 2018 | 2018 Prague Ice Cup | 10 39.75 |
9 76.11 |
12 115.86 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b van den Aarssen, Ben (20 November 2020). "Kunstschaatsster Lindsay van Zundert heeft haar glimlach terug" [Figure skater Lindsay van Zundert has her smile back]. BN DeStem (in Dutch).
- ^ a b van den Broek, Marlou (26 June 2019). "Lindsay (14) belde stomtoevallig aan bij juiste deur en kan nu misschien naar Olympische Spelen" [Lindsay (14) just happened to ring the right door and could now go to the Olympics]. Omroep Brabant (in Dutch).
- ^ "Lindsay van ZUNDERT". RinkResults.
- ^ Smit, Natasha (22 February 2019). "Lindsay van Zundert glijdt sierlijk over het ijs en wint de titel" [Lindsay van Zundert slides gracefully over the ice and wins the title]. Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch).
- ^ "Van Zundert naar WK Junioren Kunstrijden in Tallinn" [Van Zundert to World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn]. Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Van Zundert komt tekort voor finaleplaats op WK Kunstrijden voor junioren" [Van Zundert falls short for the final segment at the World Figure Skating Championships for juniors]. Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). 6 February 2020.
- ^ Veltman, Anjuli (27 September 2020). "Geslaagd debuut bij senioren voor Van Zundert: 'Nu kan ik weer vooruit'" [Successful senior debut for Van Zundert: 'Now I can move forward again']. Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch).
- ^ "Van Zundert wisselt van coach en kiest voor olympiër Hendrickx" [Van Zundert changes coach and opts for Olympian Hendrickx]. Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). 16 November 2020.
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- ^ "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 Results – Ladies". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Communication No. 2388". International Skating Union. 1 April 2021.
- ^ Kersten, Leon (30 March 2021). "16-jarige kunstrijdster Lindsay van Zundert mag naar de Olympische Spelen" [16-year-old figure skater Lindsay van Zundert is allowed to go to the Olympic Games]. Omroep Brabant (in Dutch).
- ^ "Lombardia Trophy 2021". Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio.
- ^ a b c d e f "Lindsay VAN ZUNDERT: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ "With Van Zundert, a Dutch figure skater participates in the Games for the first time since 1976". Netherland News Live. 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Kunstrijdster Van Zundert en schaatser Nuis vlaggendragers bij openingsceremonie" [Figure skater Van Zundert and speedskater Nuis will be the bearers at the opening ceremony] (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Olympian Lindsay van Zundert 'falls' outside the final of the European Championship: 'It just wasn't there today'". Netherland News Live. 14 January 2021.
- ^ Penny, Brandon (15 February 2022). "As it happened: ROC, U.S. skaters star in women's short program". NBC Sports.
- ^ Penny, Brandon (17 February 2022). "Re-live every moment of the historic Olympic women's free skate". NBC Sports.
- ^ "CHALLENGE CUP 2022". knsbfigureskatingresults.nl. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ a b Van Lakerveld, Eric (22 March 2023). "Kunstrijdster Van Zundert hervindt plezier en plaatst zich op WK voor vrije kür" [Figure skater Van Zundert finds pleasure again and qualifies for free skate at World Championships]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ De Schutter, Margriet (29 October 2022). "Lindsay van Zundert elfde tijdens Grand Prix-debuut" [Lindsay van Zundert eleventh during Grand Prix debut]. Schaatsen (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ Slater, Paula (25 November 2023). "Ava Marie Ziegler takes surprising win at NHK Trophy". Golden Skate. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Van Zundert mist EK kunstschaatsen wegens privéomstandigheden" [Van Zundert misses European Figure Skating Championships due to private circumstances]. nos.nl (in Dutch). 15 December 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ Cornelissen, Edwin (26 February 2024). "Keert kunstrijdster Van Zundert nog wel terug op het ijs? 'Wil mezelf niet pushen'" [Will figure skater Van Zundert return to the ice? "I don't want to push myself"]. nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ van der Eijk, Lisanne (17 August 2024). "Lindsay van Zundert stopt op haar 19e: 'Meer kon ik niet geven'" [Lindsay van Zundert quits at 19: 'I couldn't give more']. www.schaatsen.nl (in Dutch).
- ^ "Lindsay VAN ZUNDERT: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Lindsay VAN ZUNDERT: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022.
- ^ "Lindsay VAN ZUNDERT: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Lindsay VAN ZUNDERT: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Lindsay VAN ZUNDERT: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020.
- ^ a b "NED-Lindsay van Zundert". SkatingScores.com.
- ^ "Personal Bests Lindsay Van Zundert (NED)". International Skating Union.
External links
[edit]- Lindsay van Zundert at the International Skating Union
- Lindsay van Zundert at SkatingScores.com
- Lindsay van Zundert at Olympedia (archive)
- Lindsay van Zundert at Olympics.com
- Lindsay van Zundert at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
