Letitia de Jong (born 5 March 1993) is a Dutch former
speed skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...
who specialized in the sprint distances.
Career
In January 2018 she won the silver medal at the team sprint event of the
2018 European Championships
The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...
in
Kolomna, Russia, partnering
Mayon Kuipers and
Sanneke de Neeling. That same month she won the national title at the
KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships The Dutch Sprint Championships of speed skating, organised by the KNSB, is the official Dutch championship to determine the Dutch Sprint champion. The Sprint distance championships date back to 1969 for men and 1983 for women.
Men's sprint
Sourc ...
. This result qualified her for the
2018 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in
Changchun
Changchun (, ; ), also romanized as Ch'angch'un, is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province, People's Republic of China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a , comprising 7 districts, 1 county and 3 c ...
, China, in March where she finished eighth.
De Jong was a member of Team IKO.
Records
Personal records
World records
Tournament overview
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World Cup overview
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* DQ = Disqualified
* – = Did not participate
* (b) = Division B
* GWC = Grand World Cup
References
External links
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Team IKO profile*
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1993 births
Living people
Dutch female speed skaters
Sportspeople from Rotterdam
Speed skaters from South Holland
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
21st-century Dutch women