Christine Aaftink

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Christine Aaftink
Personal information

Born	(1966-08-25) 25 August 1966 Abcoude, Netherlands
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport	Speed skating
Club	IJsclub Baambrugge

Christine Jacoba Aaftink (born 25 August 1966) is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands. She specialized in the 500 m and 1000 m distances, in which she competed at the 1988, 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. Her best achievements were fifth and fourth place in 1992 in 500 m and 1000 m, respectively.^[1] In 1994 she was the Olympic flag bearers for the Netherlands. She won two bronze medals at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1990 and 1991.^[2]

Nationally, she won at least one sprint title every year between 1987 and 1996. She won all three (500 m, 1000 m and allround sprint) in 1990 and 1992–1994.^[2]

Personal bests:^[1]

500 m – 39.88 (1996)
1000 m – 1:20.21 (1996)
1500 m – 2:11.57 (1994)
3000 m – 5:04.33 (1987)

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Persondata
Name	Aaftink, Christine
Alternative names
Short description	Speed skater
Date of birth	25 August 1966
Place of birth	Abcoude, Netherlands
Date of death
Place of death

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