Women
NED
Gioya Lancee
NED- Date of birth01 Jan 1999
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- ProfessionAthlete
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- Club Shorttrack Club Thialf: Heerenveen, NED
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- LanguagesDutch
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- General Interest
"I just want to enjoy skating. And have fun in my sport. Sometimes I am so busy with my performance that I forget to enjoy it." (schaatsen.nl, 17 Mar 2018)
She suffered a double fracture to her right leg after her skate got stuck in the ice at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Innsbruck, Austria. She required surgery for a metal plate to be inserted into her leg, and it was another 14 months before she was able to return to elite competition. (schaatsen.nl, 24 Nov 2020, 17 Mar 2018)
COMBINING TWO SPORTS
Although her focus is on short track, she has also competed in speed skating at the Dutch national championships. "People look at you from a different perspective and have opinions. You switch all the time and that is not always accepted by everyone. But you just have to keep doing your own thing. Short track and long track speed skating stimulate each other. But short track remains my starting point, it shouldn't suffer. My trainer Dave Versteeg puts everything together, and so far he has succeeded." (schaatsen.nl, 24 Nov 2020)
Although her focus is on short track, she has also competed in speed skating at the Dutch national championships. "People look at you from a different perspective and have opinions. You switch all the time and that is not always accepted by everyone. But you just have to keep doing your own thing. Short track and long track speed skating stimulate each other. But short track remains my starting point, it shouldn't suffer. My trainer Dave Versteeg puts everything together, and so far he has succeeded." (schaatsen.nl, 24 Nov 2020)
She has competed in speed skating at the Dutch national championships. (SportsDeskOnline, 12 Jan 2021; schaatsen.nl, 24 Nov 2020)
