Thijsje Oenema is a Dutch speedskater and "short-track sprinter". She is specialised on the short distances.

Oenema skates for the VPZ-skating team and is a member for skating club S.T.D. Sint Nicolaasga. Her breakthrough was during the 2009 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships

2009 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships

The 2009 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships will be held from Friday October 31 until Sunday November 2, 2008 at the Thialf ice stadium in Heerenveen. Although the championships are held in 2008 it is the 2009 edition as it is part of the 2008/2009 speed skating season.- Time Schedule :-Male...

, winning the bronze medal at the 500m. This was very surprising because in the season 2007/2008 she was not able to skate because of Pfeiffer's disease. With this 3rd place she qualified for the first time for the World Cups.
Oenema also showed that season that she is also very strong at the 100m. In 2006 and 2007 she was already the Dutch champion at this distance. In 2009 she regained her title she lost in the year before by winning on the ice of Lekkerkerk

Lekkerkerk

Lekkerkerk is a town and former municipality on the Lek River, now part of the municipality Nederlek, South Holland province, the Netherlands. Since 1 January 1985 Lekkerkerk is no longer is an independent municipality....

. In the same season she took the title at the Dutch championships supersprint.

Although her start of the season 2010 was weak, she managed to qualify for the Olympics in Vancouver by beating Marianne Timmer

Marianne Timmer

Maria Aaltje Timmer is a Dutch speed skater specializing in the middle distances . At the 1998 Winter Olympics Timmer won a gold medal in both these events.- Personal life :...

 in a skate-off.

Results

Jaar	Dutch single distance championships	NC sprint	World Cup Speed Skating World Cup The Speed Skating World Cup is a series of international speed skating competitions, organised yearly by the International Skating Union since the winter of 1985–86. Every year during the winter, a number of competitions on a number of different distances are held...
2006	16e 500m
2007	11e 500m
2008	13e 500m 16e 1000m
2009	500m	16e	100m 17e 500m
2010	4e 500m 9e 1000m

Medals

Kampioenschap	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dutch single distance championships	0	0	1
Worldcup Speed Skating World Cup The Speed Skating World Cup is a series of international speed skating competitions, organised yearly by the International Skating Union since the winter of 1985–86. Every year during the winter, a number of competitions on a number of different distances are held...	0	1	0