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.^{[citation needed]}

Catherine Grage

Grage after cycling. Roskilde, 2012.
Personal information
Birth name	Catherine Marie Grange
Born	(1976-10-13) 13 October 1976 (age 48)
Sport
Country	Denmark[1]
Sport	Speed skating (2005–2011) Inline skating (2003–2006) Cycling (2011–present)
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2010 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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 competitively 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.

Event	Date	Result	Venue
500-m	26 February 2005	53.60	Copenhagen
	19 March 2005	51.79	Groningen
	6 November 2005	48.82	Gothenburg
	17 December 2005	47.10	Inzell
	18 December 2005	46.48	Inzell
	29 December 2005	45.56	Hamar
	10 January 2006	44.7	Hamar
	14 January 2006	43.91	Hamar
	10 March 2007	43.19	Calgary
	18 March 2009	42.99	Calgary
	19 December 2009	42.27	Calgary
1000-m	5 November 2005	1:36.66	Gothenburg
	27 November 2005	1:35.54	Karlstad
	18 December 2005	1:32.18	Inzell
	29 December 2005	1:30.3	Hamar
	11 January 2006	1:25.9	Hamar
	16 March 2007	1:23.82	Calgary
	17 March 2007	1:23.03	Calgary
	19 March 2009	1:22.52	Calgary
	19 December 2009	1:21.68	Calgary
1500-m	26 February 2005	2:42.25	Copenhagen
	6 November 2005	2:21.3	Gothenburg
	4 December 2005	2:10.73	Heerenveen
	29 October 2006	2:10.70	Erfurt
	13 January 2007	2:06.89	Collalbo
	4 February 2007	2:06.69	Turin
	14 March 2007	2:05.97	Calgary
	10 November 2007	2:04.31	Salt Lake City
	17 November 2007	2:03.21	Calgary
	18 March 2009	2:01.88	Calgary
	13 November 2009	1:59.86	Salt Lake City
3000-m	26 February 2005	5:22.09	Copenhagen(massstart)
	5 November 2005	4:50.1	Gothenburg
	27 November 2005	4:46.84	Karlstad
	10 December 2005	4:32.56	Turin
	29 December 2005	4:32.45	Hamar
	14 January 2006	4:26.38	Hamar
	12 November 2006	4:23.67	Heerenveen
	18 November 2006	4:22.19	Berlin
	3 February 2007	4:21.33	Turin
	13 March 2007	4:18.51	Calgary
	3 November 2007	4:16.50	Salt Lake City
	11 November 2007	4:14.65	Salt Lake City
	16 November 2007	4:13.85	Calgary
	19 March 2009	4:11.86	Calgary
	12 November 2009	4:07.73	Salt Lake City
5000-m	3 December 2005	7:38.79	Heerenveen
	22 October 2006	7:38.51	Erfurt
	18 February 2007	7:28.99	Erfurt
	14 March 2007	7:28.06	Calgary
	1 December 2007	7:20.45	Kolomna
	21 November 2007	7:10.24	Hamar
10,000-m	4 March 2006	16:24.29	Groningen
	21 March 2006	15:48.86	Heerenveen
	15 March 2007	15:14.90	Calgary
	20 March 2009	15:11.84	Calgary

References

1. "Cathrine Grage". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
2. "Lidt om mig". Cathrine Grage (in Danish). Archived from the original on 20 November 2007.
3. Gjerde, Arild (2006). "Danmark med i EM for første gang på 41 år". EM Skøuter (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 9 February 2006.
4. "Cathrine Grage". Speed Skating Stats. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
5. "Grage næstsidst i Nagano". DR (in Danish). 7 March 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
6. "Catrine Grage (Skøjteløb)". DR (in Danish). 4 January 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
7. Gjesse Hansen, Jense (9 March 2008). "Grage blev nr. 14 ved VM i Nagano". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
8. Kampmann, Martin (11 January 2010). "Endnu en dansker er OL-klar". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
9. Richardt, Mette (14 February 2010). "Sygdom driller Cathrine Grage". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
10. Clausen, Mads (21 February 2008). "Skøjteløber har kurs mod OL". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
11. "Dansker tilfreds med bundplaceringer". Politiken (in Danish). 25 February 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
12. "Grage tilfreds med bundplaceringer ved OL". DR (in Danish). 25 February 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
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.
17. Johannesen, Jesper (23 June 2012). "Cathrine Grage griner: Dælme hårdt". Feltet (in Danish). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
18. "Cathrine Grage kan også i sadlen". DR (in Danish). 21 June 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
19. Kampmann, Martin (13 January 2013). "Olympisk skøjteløber vinder sølv i cykelcross". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 14 January 2023.

External links

• Cathrine Grage at ProCyclingStats
• Cathrine Grage in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
• Cathrine Grage at SpeedSkatingNews.info
• Cathrine Grage at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• Cathrine Grage at Olympedia