Women
NED
Avalon Aardoom
NED- Date of birth16 Oct 1997
- Height170 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownHeerenveen
- Place of birthDordrecht
- Start skatingShe took up short track at age eight in The Hague, Netherlands.
- Club Hardrijvereniging Den Haag - Westland [HVHW]: Netherlands
- HobbiesDrawing, painting, baking
- LanguagesDutch, English
- Other nameAv (Athlete, 13 Nov 2018)
- CoachN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
Finishing in second place in the overall competition at the 2018 Dutch Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (schaatsen.nl, 09 May 2018)
"Quitting is not an option." (Athlete, 13 Nov 2018)
Korean short track skater Choi Min-Jeong. (Athlete, 13 Nov 2018)
Her family. (Athlete, 13 Nov 2018)
A concussion ruled her out of the 2019 World Cup events in Dresden, Germany, and Turin, Italy. (schaatsen.nl, 21 Jan 2019)
RETIREMENT
In March 2020 she announced her retirement from competitive short track due to a heart defect. She had undergone heart surgery in 2014, having been born with supraventricular tachycardias. The condition would make her heart beat much faster than normal, and affected her training and development as an athlete. "Of course I would prefer to keep competing in short track, but it just doesn't work for me anymore. I am terribly disappointed because my Olympic dream has fallen apart." (ad.nl, 03 Mar 2020; Athlete, 13 Nov 2018; schaatsen.nl, 09 May 2018; dordtsport.nl, 29 Jan 2016)
In March 2020 she announced her retirement from competitive short track due to a heart defect. She had undergone heart surgery in 2014, having been born with supraventricular tachycardias. The condition would make her heart beat much faster than normal, and affected her training and development as an athlete. "Of course I would prefer to keep competing in short track, but it just doesn't work for me anymore. I am terribly disappointed because my Olympic dream has fallen apart." (ad.nl, 03 Mar 2020; Athlete, 13 Nov 2018; schaatsen.nl, 09 May 2018; dordtsport.nl, 29 Jan 2016)
She puts her right skate on before her left skate. (Athlete, 13 Nov 2018)
"My aunt went to the Olympic Winter Games in short track. My mother did it too, so it was obvious that I was going to do it as well."
