Letitia de Jong

Letitia de Jong
	De Jong in 2020
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	5 March 1993; Feanwâlden, Netherlands
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Event(s)	Sprint
Club	Team IKO
Turned pro	2011
Medal record
World Single Distance Championships
European Championships
Dutch Sprint Championships

Letitia de Jong (born 5 March 1993) is a Dutch former speed skater 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 in Kolomna, Russia, partnering Mayon Kuipers and Sanneke de Neeling. That same month she won the national title at the KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships.[1] This result qualified her for the 2018 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Changchun, China, in March where she finished eighth.

De Jong was a member of Team IKO.[2]

Records

Personal records

Event	Result	Date	Location
Personal records[3]
Speed skating
500 m	37.19	14 February 2020	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1000 m	1:12.99	15 February 2020	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m	1:57.00	20 October 2018	Max Aicher Arena, Inzell
3000 m	4:25.92	27 February 2010	Thialf, Heerenveen

World records

Nr.	Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
1.	Team sprint	1:24.02	13 February 2020	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	Together with Jutta Leerdam and Femke Kok

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Sprint	European Championships Sprint	European Championships Single Distances	World Championships Sprint	World Cup GWC	World Championships Single Distances	World Championships Junior
2010–11		HEERENVEEN 16th 500m 12th 1000m 18th 500m 13th 1000m 15th overall						SEINÄJOKI 6th 500m 12th 1000m 17th 1500m DQ team pursuit
2011–12	HEERENVEEN 19th 500m 13th 1000m	HEERENVEEN 17th 500m 14th 1000m 14th 500m 13th 1000m 15th overall						OBIHIRO 10th 500m 13th 1000m
2012–13	HEERENVEEN 15th 500m 16th 1000m 15th 1500m	GRONINGEN 16th 500m 11th 1000m 17th 500m DNQ 1000m NC overall
2013–14	HEERENVEEN 15th 500m 12th 1000m 22nd 1500m	AMSTERDAM 10th 500m 7th 1000m 16th 500m 5th 1000m 7th overall
2014–15	HEERENVEEN 10th 500m 6th 1000m 13th 1500m	HEERENVEEN 10th 500m 9th 1000m 11th 500m 7th 1000m 9th overall				37th 1000m
2015–16	HEERENVEEN 11th 500m 12th 1000m	HEERENVEEN 18th 500m 12th 1000m 13th 500m 9th 1000m 12th overall				38th 500m
2016–17	HEERENVEEN 9th 500m 6th 1000m	HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 8th 1000m 7th 500m 1000m 5th overall				34th 1000m
2017–18	HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 13th 1000m 12th 1500m	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall		KOLOMNA 6th 500m 5th 1000m team sprint	CHANGCHUN 11th 500m 6th 1000m 11th 500m 7th 1000m 8th overall	9th 500m 18th 1000m
2018–19	HEERENVEEN 500m 5th 1000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	COLLALBO 5th 500m 1000m 6th 500m 6th 1000m 6th overall		HEERENVEEN 14th 500m 13th 1000m 9th 500m 10th 1000m 13th overall	17th 500m 10th 1000m	INZELL 13th 500m team sprint
2019–20	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall		HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 4th 1000m team sprint	HAMAR 11th 500m 4th 1000m 10th 500m 7th 1000m 8th overall	33rd 500m 8th 1000m team sprint	SALT LAKE CITY 6th 500m 9th 1000m team sprint
2020–21		HEERENVEEN 19th 500m 17th 1000m DNS 500m DNQ 1000m NC overall

sSource:[4][5][6]

World Cup overview

Season	500 meter
2014–15
2015–16	–	–	–	–	–	3rd(b)	–	–	–	–	–	–
2016–17
2017–18	16th	19th	19th	17th	3rd(b)	–	–	9th	6th	5th	7th
2018–19	15th	20th	3rd(b)	12th	3rd(b)	15th	1st(b)	10th	–	–	–
2019–20	2nd(b)	–	–	–	–	1st(b)

Season	1000 meter
2014–15	–	–	2nd(b)	–	–	–	–
2015–16
2016–17	–	–	–	–	–	1st(b)	–
2017–18	–	–	2nd(b)	–	7th	–	8th
2018–19	9th	12th	11th	9th	14th	7th
2019–20	5th	7th	–	8th	4th

Season
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20	–	–

Source:[7]

DQ = Disqualified
– = Did not participate
(b) = Division B
GWC = Grand World Cup

References

"De Jong superieur naar eerste nationale sprinttitel". NOS (in Dutch). 28 January 2018.
"Letitia de Jong 'heel blij' met nieuwe schaatsploeg". Omrop Fryslân (in Dutch). 12 June 2018.
"Letitia de Jong". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
"Letitia de Jong". SpeedSkatingNews.
"Letitia de Jong". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
"Letitia de Jong". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
"ISU Speed Skating Results - Live". app.isuresults.eu.

External links

Media related to Letitia de Jong at Wikimedia Commons
Letitia de Jong at the International Skating Union
Team IKO profile
Letitia de Jong in SpeedSkatingBase.eu

Letitia de Jong at SpeedSkatingNews.info

Letitia de Jong at SpeedSkatingStats.com

Letitia de Jong at TeamNL (in Dutch)

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[1] "De Jong superieur naar eerste nationale sprinttitel". NOS (in Dutch). 28 January 2018.

[2] "Letitia de Jong 'heel blij' met nieuwe schaatsploeg". Omrop Fryslân (in Dutch). 12 June 2018.

[3] "Letitia de Jong". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 4 November 2018.

[4] "Letitia de Jong". SpeedSkatingNews.

[wr-5] "Letitia de Jong". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[6] "Letitia de Jong". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[7] "ISU Speed Skating Results - Live". app.isuresults.eu.