Kirstin HOLUM

United States of America
United States of America
Speed SkatingSpeed Skating
Games Participations1
First Olympic GamesNagano 1998
Year of Birth1980

Biography

Kirstin Holum was to the speed skating manor born, as the daughter of Dianne Holum, a three-time Olympic speed skating medalist for the United States. Dianne Holum later became a coach, notably coaching Eric Heiden, but she also trained her daughter so well that in 1997, when only 16-years-old, Kirstin Holum won the World Junior All-Around title, which would be the highlight of her speed skating career. Primarily a distance skater, Holum skated the 3,000 and 5,000 at Nagano, placing sixth and seventh, respectively.

Holum then attended college in Chicago where she studied art and wrote a thesis on art and the Olympics, but after college she sought a higher calling. She had first been inspired to a religious vocation when she visited the Fatima Shrine in Portugal at age 16. After college she joined the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal, a religious order whose mission is to work with the poor and homeless. Starting as a nun in New York, she later settled in Leeds, England, at St. Joseph’s Convent, where she is now known only as Sister Catherine.

Personal Bests: 500 – 41.85 (1998); 1000 – 1:21.84 (1997); 1500 – 2:01.87 (1998); 3000 – 4:12.24 (1998); 5000 – 7:14.20 (1998).

Olympic Results

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