Michelle de Jong (born 1999) is a Dutch long track
speed skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marath ...
who specializes in the sprint distances.
Career
In February 2019, de Jong became junior world champion in the 1000 m event at the
2019 World Junior Championships in
Baselga di Piné
Baselga di Piné is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northeast of Trento.
People
* Stefano Bonfanti, died here on 26 February 2005.
* Riccardo Garrone
* Damiano Tomm ...
, Italy. She won the bronze medal in the 500 m 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
Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong (; ; born 6 April 1995) is a Dutch speed skater. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. She also competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
Sochi ( rus ...
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Personal records
Tournament overview
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References
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1999 births
Living people
Dutch female speed skaters
Speed skaters from Heerenveen
Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands
21st-century Dutch sportswomen