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 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 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 Tomma ...
, 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.
Personal records
Tournament overview
Source:
References
External links
*
Team Reggeborgh profile*
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1999 births
Living people
Dutch female speed skaters
Sportspeople from Heerenveen
Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands
21st-century Dutch women