Ramona Härdi

Ramona Härdi (Ramona Haerdi) (born on April 9, 1997 in Möriken, Aargau, Switzerland) is a Swiss speed-skater. She competed for Switzerland at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the ladies' mass start.

Ramona Härdi
Ramona Haerdi
Personal information
National teamGermany
Born (1997-04-09) April 9, 1997
Möriken, Aargau, Switzerland
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight66 kg (146 lb)[1]
Websiteramonahaerdi.ch
Sport
Country Switzerland
SportSpeed Skating
Event(s)3000m (Mass Start)
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2018 Winter Olympics

Biography

At the age of six, Härdi took up inline skating and switched to speed skating later.[1] She moved to Heerenveen, Netherlands in order for her to train for tournaments.[2]

Career

Härdi started her career in inline skating. In 2012, she participated in the Swiss Skate Tour Final in Geisingen, Germany, where she placed first,[3] She competed at the Swiss Championships in September 2013 and came in third place.[4]

Härdi's first major speed skating events were the 3000m at the Junior World Cup in Baselga di Pinè, Italy, and the 2016 World Junior Championships in Changchun, China.[5] In Italy, she came in fourteenth; in China, she came in fifteenth.[6] The two events helped her overall rank twenty-third in the 2015-16 World Cup season with 45 points, thus qualifying her for the 2018 Winter Olympics.[7]

Härdi competed at the 2018 European Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna, Russia and finished thirteenth.[8][1]

2018 Winter Olympics

On January 15, 2018, it was announced by the Swiss Olympic team that Härdi would make her Olympic debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[9] She and Livio Wenger are the only two Swiss speed skaters at the games.[10] Härdi is the first Swiss skater to compete in the ladies' mass start event since its introduction at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

In Pyeongchang, Härdi competed in the ladies' mass start. In the semi-finals, she did not finish, completing 4/16 laps, at a time of 2:49.59; ranking 12th.[11] She did not qualify for the finals.[12]

References
  1. "Athlete Profile: Ramona HAERDI". Pyeongchang 2018. Pyeongchang. 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. Fuss, von Dean (24 September 2017). "Alles auf die Karte Sport: Umzug ins niederländische Eisschnelllauf-Mekka" (in German). Aargauer Zeitung. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  3. "Swiss Skate Tour Finale in Geisingen beim German Inline Cup". Swiss Skate Tour (in German). Geisingen. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  4. Caroli, Jacqueline (26 September 2013). "Ramona Härdi aus Möriken wird Dritte an der Schweizer Meisterschaft" (in German). Aargauer Zeitung. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  5. Baranzini, Fabio (4 March 2016). "Highlight zum Abschluss der Juniorenkarriere" (in German). Aargauer Zeitung. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  6. "ISU Junior World Cup Changchung". live.isuresults.eu. March 5, 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  7. "Pyeongchang - Eisschnelllauf-Duo bei Olympia dabei". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). January 15, 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  8. "European Championships 2018". SpeedSkatingNews. Kolomna. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  9. Wäfler, Alexander (15 January 2018). "Eisschnellläufer Ramona Härdi und Livio Wenger starten in PyeongChang". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  10. "Eisschnellläufer Ramona Härdi und Livio Wenger starten in PyeongChang". Swiss Olympic (in German). January 15, 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  11. "Ladies' Mass Start - Results" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. Gangneung Oval. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  12. Wust, Jana (24 February 2018). "Ramona Härdi im Halbfinal ausgeschieden" (in German). Pyeongchang. Telebasel. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
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