Sandrine Tas
Belgian speed skater (born 1995)
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Sandrine Tas (born 7 September 1995) is a Belgian inline skater, speed skater and cyclist. Tas grew up less than a kilometer away from the ZRC Skeeler Mundialtrack in Zandvoorde, Ostend, Belgium. She won multiple inline-skating European and world championship medals. As Inline-skating is not an Olympic sport, Tas followed in the footsteps of many an inline-skater, most notably Belgium's Olympic gold medal speed skater Bart Swings, and reinvented herself as a speed skater.[1]
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| Nationality | Belgian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 September 1995 Ostend, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Inline skating Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Zwaantjes Rollerclub Zandvoorde Team Novus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Current team | AG Insurance–Soudal |
| Discipline | Road bicycle racing |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2022 | Lviv Cycling Team |
| 2023-2025 | Cyclingteam Belco / Van Eyck |
| Professional team | |
| 2026- | AG Insurance–Soudal |
Career
Inline speed skating
Tas quickly established herself as a force to be reckoned with, winning a.o. 4 titles at the 2014 junior Inline Speed Skating World Championships in Rosario, Argentina in November 2014.[2] A year later already, in November 2015 she won her first World Champion titles, winning the women's track 1000 meters sprint and the marathon at the 2015 Inline Speed Skating World Championships in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei.[3] Tas won six medals at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland [4] punctuated by a gold medal in the Track Women's Sprint 1,000m.[5] Between 2015 and 2019, Tas racked up no less than 17 European titles on the inline skating circuit.[6]
Speed skating
Aiming to become an Olympic athlete, Tas switched from inline skating to speed skating in 2018 at age 23.[7] Focusing initially on the shorter speed skating distances, Tas qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China and participated in the women's 500 metres, 1000 metres, 1500 metres, and mass start with a 24th place in that last event as her best result.[8] After those Olympics, Tas switched to the longer speed skating distances and qualified for the women's 3000 metres, 5000 metres and mass start at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. In the runup to those 2026 Winter Olympics, Tas won two silver medals at the 2026 European Speed Skating Championships, one at the 3000m event and another at the team sprint.[9]
Road cycling
Tas is also good on a bike. In June 2024 she won Belgium's national road time trial title for elite riders without a contract,[10] in 2025 she finished 8th in Belgium's national road cycling championship race and later that year, in December 2025, she signed a contract with women's professional cycling team Lotto–Intermarché Ladies, based in Belgium.[11]
Personal life
Tas holds a degree of Master of Science in Bioscience Engineering: Food Science and Nutrition from Ghent University.[1]
Speed skating personal records
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| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 500 m | 38.66 | 10 December 2021 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 1000 m | 1:16.46 | 11 December 2021 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 1500 m | 1:56.12 | 15 November 2025 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| 3000 m | 3:59.42 | 21 November 2025 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | Current Belgian record.[13] |
| 5000 m | 6:46.47 | 12 February 2026 | Fiera Milano, Milan | Current Belgian record.[13] |
She is currently in 68th position in the adelskalender with a points total of 155.499.[14]
Speed skating tournament summary
Season |
European Championships Allround |
European Championships Single Distances |
World Championships Allround |
World Championships Single Distances |
World Cup |
 Olympic Games |
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| 2019–20 | HEERENVEEN 5th team pursuit 18th mass start | 54th 3000m/5000m | ||||
| 2020–21 | HEERENVEEN 19th 500m 24th 1500m 17th mass start | 25th 500m 27th 1500m 27th 3000m/5000m 13th mass start | ||||
| 2021–22 | HEERENVEEN 15th 500m DNS mass start | 41th 500m 52nd 1000m 55th 1500m 52nd 3000m/5000m 19th mass start | BEIJING 28th 500m 28th 1000m 29th 1500m 24th Mass start | |||
| 2022–23 | HAMAR 4th 500m WDR 3000m DNS 1500m DNS 5000m NC overall | HEERENVEEN 22nd 1500m 17th 3000m 6th Mass start | 19th 1500m 32nd 3000m/5000m 8th mass start | |||
| 2023–24 | HEERENVEEN 9th 1500m 11th 3000m 5th Mass start | INZELL 14th 500m 14th 3000m 14th 1500m DNS 5000m NC14 overall | CALGARY 22nd 1500m 20th 3000m 9th mass start | 29th 1500m 28th 3000m/5000m 5th mass start | ||
| 2024–25 | HAMAR 6th 500m 6th 3000m 8th 1500m 7th 5000m 6th overall | HAMAR 16th 3000m 10th 5000m 18th Mass start | 31th 1500m 14th 3000m/5000m 16th mass start | |||
| 2025–26 | TOMASZOW M.  3000m team pursuit team sprint | MILANO |
