[3] Van won a gold medal in the inaugural women's ski jumping event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec and has a total of eight Continental Cup victories in her career.

[4] Van was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics; she and other female ski jumpers claimed that their rights were violated because only male ski jumpers were permitted to compete in the Vancouver Olympics.

"[6] Going into the Vancouver 2010 Games, Van held the K95 hill record of 105.5 meters at the site of the 2010 Olympic ski jumping events.

[7][8] This mark was surpassed several times at the 2010 Olympic Games[9][10][11] and is now held by Simon Ammann with a jump of 108.0 meters.

[12] In 2011, it was announced that women's ski jumping on the normal hill would be included in the 2014 Winter Olympics.