Jenning de Boo
De Boo in 2020
Personal information
Born (2004-01-22) 22 January 2004
Groningen, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
ClubTeam Reggeborgh
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Heerenveen500 m
Silver medal – second place2024 Heerenveen1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2024 HeerenveenTeam sprint

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

Career

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

Personal records[5]
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m34.4428 December 2023Thialf, Heerenveen
1000 m1:07.3630 December 2023Thialf, Heerenveen
1500 m1:50.6730 September 2023Thialf, Heerenveen

References

  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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