Ingrid Haringa

Ingrid Haringa in 1988
Personal information
Born	(1964-07-11) 11 July 1964 Velsen, the Netherlands
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Cycling
Medal record Olympic Games Bronze 1992 Barcelona Sprint Bronze 1996 Atlanta Sprint Silver 1996 Atlanta Points race

Ingrid Roelinda Haringa (11 July 1964) is a police officer and a former Dutch speed skater and racing cyclist.^[1]

Biography

Skating

Ingrid Haringa began her career as a speed skater. During the late eighties she belonged to the best sprinters in the Netherlands. At the Dutch Championships, she won four gold medals: in 1987 and 1988 at 500 meters in 1988 and 1989 at the 1000 meters. She participated on behalf of the Dutch team at the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. She ended 15th at the 500 meters and 21st at the 1000 meters. At the World Sprint Championships in 1989 she ended fourth. After this tournament, she shifted her focus to cycling.^[1][2]

Personal bests:^[1]

• 500 m – 40.61 (1988)
• 1000 m – 1:21.41 (1989)
• 1500 m – 2:10.56 (1987)
• 3000 m – 4:43.62 (1990)
• 5000 m – 8:21.8 (1983)

Cycling

In 1991 she debuted on the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Stuttgart. There, she started on the team pursuit, sprint and the points race. On the latter two components directly at her debut, she became world champion. After this tournament, she defended her world title in the points race for three years in a row. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she won a bronze medal in the sprint. Her performance at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta was even better, as she won bronze in the sprint, as well as silver in the points race. In 1996, she even competed in the road race, despite being a sprinter; however, she has not finished the race.^[1]

Because of her performances at the velodrome, she was elected Dutch Sportswoman of the Year in 1991 and in 1996.^[1]

Post-active career

In 1998 she went back to the skating track, but now as coach of Gianni Romme and Bob de Jong. After one season Haringa was succeeded by the American Peter Mueller.

References

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External links

• Ingrid Haringa profile at Cycling Archives

v t e Dutch National Road Champions – Women's time trial 1991: Ingrid Haringa 1992: Lenie Dijkstra 1993: Petra Grimbergen 1994: Maria Jongeling 1995: Jet Jongeling 1996: Willeke van der Weide 1997-2002: Leontien van Moorsel 2003: Jolanda van Dongen 2004: Mirjam Melchers 2005: Suzanne de Goede 2006: Loes Gunnewijk 2007: Ellen van Dijk 2008: Mirjam Melchers 2009: Regina Bruins 2010-2011: Marianne Vos 2012-2013: Ellen van Dijk 2014

v t e Dutch National Track Champions – Women's individual pursuit 1966-1977: Keetie van Oosten-Hage 1978: Anne Riemersma 1985: Petra de Bruin 1986: Linda van de Berg 1987-1989: Petra de Bruin 1991-1992: Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel 1993-1995: Maria Jongeling 1996: Ingrid Haringa 1997-2002: Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel 2003-2005: Adrie Visser 2006: Vera Koedooder 2007-2008: Ellen van Dijk 2009: Kirsten Wild 2010-2011: Ellen van Dijk 2012-2013: Kirsten Wild