Janneke Berghuis

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Janneke Berghuis
Personal information
Born (2001-10-20) 20 October 2001 (age 22)
Mierlo, Netherlands[1]
Sport
Country Netherlands
SportFreestyle skiing
Event(s)Mogul skiing

Janneke Berghuis (born 20 October 2001) is a Dutch freestyle mogul skier. She represents the Netherlands and competes at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup.[2][3]

When Berghuis was 1.5 years old she was skiing for the first time. She became at a young age member of the skiing club in Valkenswaard, and started competing from the age of seven at small kids-cup competitions in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. At the age of 14 she decided to become a full time skier. She travelled with her mother and younger sister Laura accross Europe to fulfill a full Europe Tour. In 2019 she had her first podium finsih in the Europe Cup in Bygdsiljum, Sweden. In the 2019-20 season she had her first Europe Cup victory in Are, Sweden and finished second overall. Due to that result she started competing in the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup from the 2020–21 World Cup season.[4] She is specialized in the jumps, known by her high and powerfull jumps. Her main jump is at the second jump the "superman frontflip".[1][4]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Goud in 2026". sportstories.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. "Janneke Berghuis is Europese top in het mogulskiën: 'Het is een beetje uit de hand gelopen'". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. Janneke Berghuis at the International Ski Federation
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Held geeft zich bloot". Helden (magazine) (no 54) (in Dutch). January 2021. p. 120-121 – via images.squarespace-cdn.com/.

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