Jenning de Boo

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Jenning de Boo
De Boo in 2020
Personal information
Born (2004-01-22) 22 January 2004 (age 20)
Groningen, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
ClubTeam Reggeborgh
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
World Single Distances Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Calgary Team sprint
World Sprint Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Inzell Sprint
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Heerenveen 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2024 Heerenveen 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Heerenveen Team sprint

Jenning de Boo (born 22 January 2004) is a Dutch speed skater who specializes in the sprint distances.

Career[edit]

De Boo started his career as a short track speed skater. He competed in the 500m and 1,000m short track events at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland. He switched to long track speed skating in 2023.[1] At the 2023 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in February 2023 he won the silver medal in the team sprint.[2] De Boo made his ISU Speed Skating World Cup debut in November 2023 at the Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval in Japan where he finished tenth in the 1000m race.[3] At the second World Cup race, held at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, he finished in seventh place in the 1000m race.[4]

At the 2024 European Speed Skating Championships, held at Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands, De Boo won a bronze medal in the team sprint, a silver medal in the 1000 m and a gold medal in the 500 m.

De Boo is a member of Team Reggeborgh.

Personal records[edit]

Personal records[5]
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 34.21 27 January 2024 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1000 m 1:06.95 28 January 2024 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m 1:50.67 30 September 2023 Thialf, Heerenveen

References[edit]

  1. ^ Margriet de Schutter (14 April 2023). "Shorttracker Jenning de Boo kiest voor langebaan bij Reggeborgh". Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch).
  2. ^ Men's team sprint
  3. ^ "ISU World Cup #1 – 1000m Men Division A". International Skating Union (ISU).
  4. ^ "ISU World Cup #1 – 1000m Men Division A". International Skating Union (ISU).
  5. ^ "Jenning de Boo". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

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