Women
BEL
Sandrine Tas
BEL- Date of birth07 Sep 1995
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownOstend
- Place of birthOstend
- Start skating / Club She switched from inline skating to speed skating in 2018 at age 23 at Thialf Academy in Heerenveen, Netherlands. / Team Novus [NED] / Lange Baan Schaatsclub Gent [BEL]:
- HobbiesBaking. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023)
- LanguagesDutch, English
- Other nameRinus ["my teammates changed my name slowly from Sandrine to Rinus"]. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023)
- CoachDaniel Greig [Team Novus], AUS; Michel Mulder [Team Novus], NED; Michel Butter [Team Novus], NED
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"Perfect practice makes perfect." (Athlete, 20 Jan 2021)
US speed skaters Renee Hildebrand and Brittany Bowe. (Athlete, 20 Jan 2021)
Her brothers, and her coaches. (Athlete, 20 Jan 2021)
In October 2019 she ruptured two ligaments in her ankle and was off the ice for eight weeks. (Athlete, 20 Jan 2021; schaatsen.nl, 02 Dec 2020; nieuwsblad.be, 13 Dec 2019; kbsf.be, 27 Nov 2019)
To compete at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (sandrinetas.be, 02 Nov 2022)
Competing at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, and finishing sixth in the mass start at the 2023 World Single Distances Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023)
FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2021 she graduated with a master's degree in bioscience engineering from Ghent University in Belgium. "I'm incredibly proud to be able to say I managed to juggle studying with skating." (Instagram profile, 11 Oct 2021; hln.be, 13 Jan 2021; Athlete, 20 Jan 2021; teambelgium.be, 01 Jan 2019)
In 2021 she graduated with a master's degree in bioscience engineering from Ghent University in Belgium. "I'm incredibly proud to be able to say I managed to juggle studying with skating." (Instagram profile, 11 Oct 2021; hln.be, 13 Jan 2021; Athlete, 20 Jan 2021; teambelgium.be, 01 Jan 2019)
She has represented Belgium in roller speed skating, and won gold in the 1000m sprint at the 2017 World Games in Wroclaw, Poland. She has also won seven total medals [two gold, one silver, four bronze] across five editions of the world championships between 2015 and 2019. (SportsDeskOnline, 09 Nov 2021; Athlete, 20 Jan 2021)
"Originally I'm an inline speed skater. I started at four years old. I felt like I had reached all my goals and had a dream to compete at the Olympics. That's why I decided to make the transition."
Daniel Greig [Team Novus], AUS; Michel Mulder [Team Novus], NED; Michel Butter [Team Novus], NED
