The last queen
of Netherlands...
She was the only female
biathlete fighting in the World Cup circuit representing the typical orange color. The only one with two gold medals from Junior World Championships 2012. And recently she is the queen of Sweden after she decided to change biathlon nationality.
Check out this little story talk we made.
Chardine Sloof exclusively for you.
Check out this little story talk we made.
Chardine Sloof exclusively for you.
- I have
never regret my decision to be a biathlete in Netherlands. I think biathlon is a
lot of fun and I love travelling around the world and meet all kind of
different people.
- I wouldn't
say athletes gave me "more" respect for representing such exotic biathlon
country. But I did get a lot of respect and I appreciated it very much!
- I improved myself
for sure in the last season. I made better results than I did before. I had some
problems with asthma this year and I have never had it before. I was struggling
a lot with that at the same time so I should be happy over all the season.
- I was not
very disappointed that I wasn´t in Sochi. Of course I would rather like to be
there but I wasn’t because I didn’t make the qualification and I just had to
accept that. But I watched almost every biathlon event on TV.
- My mom did
speed skating in her younger age and my grand dad was ice speed skating trainer so I
tried this sport, but on the old fashion skates. I think this is fun but I
can´t imagine myself as a star in this sport.
- Thinking
about aims, just go out
and find a way to make the training more fun – this can motivate me to get up
and do the training.
- I use to
celebrate my successes with a cake, otherwise not really anything else. Usually because
we have next race soon after.
- Ridnaun and
Obertilliach are places that I like a lot. But now I’m racing in the World Cup
so I’m not really known with the places. I liked Hochfilzen and Antholz very
much. The tracks there are good for me and I made good results there. Then it
is always more fun.
- I haven´t
any rituals before the races. Every place is different and sometimes you have to
walk far to the wax cabin and sometimes not so it wouldn’t be very good for
myself to have a ritual.
- I always
listen to music when I train alone. When I forget to upload my music
player I listen to all types of music. Mostly top 40 hits at that time. That
music I also like to dance to.
- My ordinary
day when my skis and rifle are taking rest could be like a long day doing
nothing, or shopping or just have a fun day with friends or traveling and have
a nice vacation.
- I love
fashion and I could see my self as a face of some brand but I’m not sure if it
would be underwear. I would like to keep that question open.
- My biggest
weaknesses are
chocolate, also Coca-Cola and a good song.
- I dream about going to the Olympics. And after sport I would like to live an other life (I have no idea how that is going to look like) then start a family and live the mother life.
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| Chardine after graduating in Sweden |
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