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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 November 1990 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Sport | Speed skating |
Floor van den Brandt (born 23 November 1990) is a Dutch speed skater who is specialized in the sprint distances.
Van den Brandt finished fourth at the ISU World Cup 500m event in Seoul in November 2014. She is a member of Team AfterPay.
| Personal records [1] | ||||
| Women's speed skating | ||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | 37.76 | 21 November 2015 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| 1000 m | 1:17.45 | 2 November 2014 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
| 1500 m | 2:04.17 | 23 January 2012 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
| 3000 m | 4:33.43 | 8 March 2008 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
FC Den Bosch is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
Pieter Cornelis Martijn van den Hoogenband is a Dutch retired swimmer. He is a triple Olympic champion and former world record holder.
Alles Door Oefening Den Haag, commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag, is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2020–21 season. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club. Despite being from one of the traditional three large Dutch cities, it has not been able to match Ajax, Feyenoord or PSV in terms of success in the Eredivisie or in European competition. There is nonetheless a big rivalry with Ajax and Feyenoord. The Dutch words "Alles Door Oefening" translate into Everything Through Practice.
Esther (Etty) Hillesum was the Dutch author of confessional letters and diaries which describe both her religious awakening and the persecutions of Jewish people in Amsterdam during the German occupation. In 1943, she was deported and murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp.
An ontbijtkoek or peperkoek is a Dutch and Flemish spiced cake. Rye is its most important ingredient, coloring the cake light brown. It is often spiced with cloves, cinnamon, ginger, succade and nutmeg. Several parts of the Netherlands have their own local recipe, of which the most famous is oudewijvenkoek, which is mostly eaten in the northern regions, and is flavored with aniseed. Ontbijtkoek is traditionally served at breakfast with a thick layer of butter on top, as a replacement for bread, however, due to its sweet taste it is also served as a snack. It is best eaten the day after it is baked. Ontbijtkoek is also found in Indonesia due to its historical colonization by The Netherlands.
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A floor is the bottom surface of a room or vehicle.
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Cynosaurus is an extinct genus of cynodonts. Remains have been found from the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone in South Africa. Cynosaurus was first described by Richard Owen in 1876 as Cynosuchus suppostus. Cynosaurus has been found in the late Permian period. Cyno- is derived from the Greek word kyon for dog and –sauros in Greek meaning lizard.
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