Michelle de Jong

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This article is about the Dutch speed skater. For the Swedish football player, see Michelle De Jongh.
In this Dutch name, the surname is de Jong, not Jong.
Michelle de Jong
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1999-07-06) 6 July 1999 (age 22)
Heerenveen, Netherlands
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
ClubTeam Reggeborch
Turned pro2019
Medal record
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baselga di Piné 1000m
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baselga di Piné Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Baselga di Piné 500m

Michelle de Jong (born 6 July 1999) is a Dutch long track speed skater who specializes in the sprint distances.

Career[]

In February 2019 De Jong became junior world champion in the 1,000m event at the 2019 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Baselga di Piné, Italy. She won the bronze medal in the 500m event.

In 2019 she turned professional and became a member of Team Reggeborch.

Personal life[]

She is the younger sister of speed skater Antoinette de Jong.[1]

Personal records[]

Personal records[2]
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 37.76 24 January 2021 Thialf, Heerenveen
1000 m 1:14.66 28 December 2020 Thialf, Heerenveen
1500 m 2:02.03 9 March 2018 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m 4:40.52 5 February 2017 Thialf, Heerenveen

Tournament overview[]


Season 		Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances 		Dutch
Championships
Sprint 		World
Championships
Juniors

2017–2018
14th 500m
SALT LAKE CITY
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m
17th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team sprint

2018–2019
12th 500m
20th 1000m
BASELGA DI PINÈ
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team sprint
2019–2020 7th 500m
16th 1000m		 12th 500m
17th 1000m
5th 500m
11th 1000m
12th overall
2020–2021 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m
8th 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m
10th 1000m
4th overall

Source:[3] [4] [5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Antoinette & Michelle de Jong: 'We komen nu veel meer overeen'". Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). 11 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Michelle de Jong". speedskatingresults.com.
  3. ^ "Michelle de Jong". SpeedSkatingNews.
  4. ^ "Michelle de Jong". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Michelle de Jong". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

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