Christina Wilhelmina Baas-Kaiser is a former speed skater from the Netherlands. She was not selected for the 1964 Winter Olympics because of her 'old age', but later turned out to be the first Dutch female world class speed skater. In both 1965 and 1966, she won bronze at the World Allround Championships. After having become World Allround Champion twice ? and also winning her 3rd and 4th Dutch Allround Championships those years ? she participated at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Her two bronze medals ? on the 1,500 m, behind Finnish skater Kaija Mustonen and Dutch compatriot Carry Geijssen, and on the 3,000 m behind compatriot Ans Schut and, once more, Kaija Mustonen ? were a bit disappointing. Not she, but Geijssen and Schut became the Dutch heroines of those Olympics. Although she was still a formidable competitor in the years that followed, Kaiser was slightly surpassed at major championships by Atje Keulen-Deelstra, who was the same age as Kaiser. In 1972, by then married and 33 years old, Baas-Kaiser was no longer really considered to be a favourite, especially not after her disappointing 11th place at the European Allround Championships. 

May 20th, 1938 in Delft  /  Died:   Jun 23rd, 2022