Annita van Doorn
Annita van Doorn ( born April 26, 1983 in Utrecht) is a Dutch Shorttrackerin.
In the 2003 / 04 season, van Doorn debuted in the World Cup and for the first time took part in an international championship. In the World Team Championships in Sofia, she took with her teammates eighth. Your first achievements came in the season 2004/05. In Saguenay, she won over 3000m a World Cup race and overtook the first Dutch victory in the World Cup a distance. 2006/ 07 van Doorn finally won their first international championship medal. At the European Championships 2007 in Sheffield, she won bronze in the relay and was in the all around sixth. Her best World Cup result of the season was a tenth rank above 1,500 meters. A year later she won at the 2008 European Championships in Ventspils the 500 m Individual competition and improved in the all around competition in fifth place. In the World Cup, she won over 500 m and 1500 m respectively sixth places. The 2008/09 season was a success for van Doorn. About 500 m, it reached as best World Cup result rank eight and over 1000 m in fifth, with the relay pulled once the finals and finished fourth. In the World Team Championships in Heerenveen her team finished sixth place in the European Championship in Turin, she won in the relay again relay bronze. In addition, the first time she won a national title. In the World Cup they could not take the front ranks in the following season 2009/10. However, Van Doorn could repeat relay bronze at the European Championships in Dresden. She qualified for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, where she finished with four of the season rank and above 1000 m reached the quarterfinals and Eleventh was. The 2010/11 season was their most successful. In the World Cup, she placed five times in the top 10 and took in the relay in Changchun a podium. At the European Championships in Heerenveen won before the home crowd with the relay gold medal. The squadron was finally able to convince at the World Championship in Sheffield and win silver in the all around occupied van Doorn Rank 16 At the European Championships 2012 in Mladá Boleslav was able to defend the title she with the squadron.
In November 2009, belonged Annita van Doorn with Liesbeth Mau Asam, Maaike Vos, Sanne van Kerkhof and Jorien ter Mors to the Dutch squadron, which established in Marquette in 4:13,135 min a Dutch record. She also currently holds over 1000 m in 1:31,516 min the national record, which she set up in the 2010 Olympics.