Cathrine Grage

Cathrine Grage (born 13 October 1976)[1] is a Danish speedskater, inline skater and cyclist. As of January 2012, Grage has set a total of 61 successive national records, and holds all of the Danish women's records in speed skating, at all distances. In addition, she holds various national samalogue records, though not all of these have been ratified by the Danish skating association.

Catherine Grage
Grage after cycling. Roskilde, 2012.
Personal information
Birth nameCatherine Marie Grange
Born (1976-10-13) 13 October 1976
Sport
CountryDenmark[1]
SportSpeed skating (2005–2011)
Inline skating (2003–2006)
Cycling (2011–present)
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2010 Winter Olympics

Career

Grange began inline skating at the age of 7. She began her competitive career in 2001, at the age of 25.[2] Grage skated the World Inline Cup for two seasons. Her best results were 5th in Glarus and 11th in Seoul. She has more than 20 national titles on inline skates and she has won the Master World Championships one time and the Master European Championships 4 times. She participated in the European Championships in Heerde 2004, where she placed 8th on the 1,000 m and 13th in the points. Grage was on the Danish National team in Inline skating from 2003 to 2006.

Cathrine Grage at 3.000 m start during World Cup 2008 in Berlin.

Grange made her speed skating debut in 2005, competing in Copenhagen.[3] She regularly competed in the ISU Speed Skating World Cup from 2005 to 2011 and qualified each year for the European Speed Skating Championships from 2006 to 2011.[4] Her best results in World Cup was the 7th fastest time overall on the 5,000 m. Her best result at European Championships was 13th on the 3000 m. In 2006, she became the first female All Round Danish Champion.

In 2008, Grage qualified for the World Championships Single Distances in Nagano, placing 14th on the 5,000m and 20th on the 3,000m races.[5][6][7] During the pre-Olympic 2008-2009 season Grage did not place well at the ISU World Cup. In March 2009 in Calgary, however, she set six national records in just three days.

She participated in her first Olympic games in 2010 and competed in the women's 3000m event, as well as the 5000m. She was the first Dane to compete in the skating event at the Olympic games since 1964, and the first woman from Denmark to ever compete in the speed skating event.[8][9][10] She placed 14th in the 5000m with a time of 7:23:83, which was a difference of +32.92 seconds off the gold. In the 3000m, she placed 27th with a time 4:20.93 and a difference of +18.40 off the gold.[11][12][13][14] She again qualified for the World Championships Single Distances in 2011 in Inzell, placing 16th in the 5,000m and 19th in the 3,000m.[15]

In 2011, Grage began competetively competing in cycling. In December 2011, she won a silver medal on the 3 km in a time of 3.49 at the Danish Championships in track cycling. In June 2012 she placed first at the Danish National Road Race Championships in both the mass start and time trial events.[16][17][18] In 2013, she again placed second at the national championships in cycling.[19]

National speedskating records

Personal records are denoted in bold.

EventDateResultVenue
500-m26 February 200553.60Copenhagen
19 March 200551.79Groningen
6 November 200548.82Gothenburg
17 December 200547.10Inzell
18 December 200546.48Inzell
29 December 200545.56Hamar
10 January 200644.7Hamar
14 January 200643.91Hamar
10 March 200743.19Calgary
18 March 200942.99Calgary
19 December 200942.27Calgary
1000-m5 November 20051:36.66Gothenburg
27 November 20051:35.54Karlstad
18 December 20051:32.18Inzell
29 December 20051:30.3Hamar
11 January 20061:25.9Hamar
16 March 20071:23.82Calgary
17 March 20071:23.03Calgary
19 March 20091:22.52Calgary
19 December 20091:21.68Calgary
1500-m26 February 20052:42.25Copenhagen
6 November 20052:21.3Gothenburg
4 December 20052:10.73Heerenveen
29 October 20062:10.70Erfurt
13 January 20072:06.89Collalbo
4 February 20072:06.69Turin
14 March 20072:05.97Calgary
10 November 20072:04.31Salt Lake City
17 November 20072:03.21Calgary
18 March 20092:01.88Calgary
13 November 20091:59.86Salt Lake City
3000-m26 February 20055:22.09Copenhagen(massstart)
5 November 20054:50.1Gothenburg
27 November 20054:46.84Karlstad
10 December 20054:32.56Turin
29 December 20054:32.45Hamar
14 January 20064:26.38Hamar
12 November 20064:23.67Heerenveen
18 November 20064:22.19Berlin
3 February 20074:21.33Turin
13 March 20074:18.51Calgary
3 November 20074:16.50Salt Lake City
11 November 20074:14.65Salt Lake City
16 November 20074:13.85Calgary
19 March 20094:11.86Calgary
12 November 20094:07.73Salt Lake City
5000-m3 December 20057:38.79Heerenveen
22 October 20067:38.51Erfurt
18 February 20077:28.99Erfurt
14 March 20077:28.06Calgary
1 December 20077:20.45Kolomna
21 November 20077:10.24Hamar
10,000-m4 March 200616:24.29Groningen
21 March 200615:48.86Heerenveen
15 March 200715:14.90Calgary
20 March 200915:11.84Calgary

References
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  2. "Lidt om mig". Cathrine Grage (in Danish). Archived from the original on 20 November 2007.
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  7. Gjesse Hansen, Jense (9 March 2008). "Grage blev nr. 14 ved VM i Nagano". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
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  13. Panum, Jacob (24 February 2010). "Grage bøvler med skøjterne". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  14. Trads Hansen, Troels (15 February 2010). "Grage blev næstsidst". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  15. "Cathrine Grage". International Skating Union. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  16. "Skøjteløber vinder DM i cykling". Politiken (in Danish). 23 June 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
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