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| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 May 2001 Noorden, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Beau Snellink (born 14 May 2001) is a Dutch speed skater. [1]
He won the gold medal in the team pursuit event at the 2021 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships. [2] and repeated this again in 2023.
| Personal records | ||||
| Speed skating | ||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 meter | 37.67 | 27 December 2022 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
| 1000 meter | 1:12.82 | 15 January 2022 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
| 1500 meter | 1:46.82 | 29 December 2024 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
| 3000 meter | 3:42.50 | 15 January 2021 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
| 5000 meter | 6:09.58 | 10 December 2022 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 10000 meter | 12:42.98 | 29 December 2024 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
| Team pursuit | 3:40.33 | 22 January 2021 | Thialf, Heerenveen | with Patrick Roest and Marcel Bosker |
Source: [3]
At the end of the 2022–2023 speed skating season Snellink occupied the 57th position on the adelskalender with a score of 148.993 points [4]
Season | Dutch Championships Single Distances | Dutch Championships Allround | World Championships Single Distances | World Cup | European Championships Allround |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019–20 | HEERENVEEN 10th mass start | ||||
2020–21 | EERENVEEN 12th 5000m | HEERENVEEN 14th 500m 4th 5000m 10th 1500m 5th 10000m 6th overall | HEERENVEEN  team pursuit |  team pursuit | |
2021–22 | HEERENVEEN 13th 5000m 8th 10000m 13th mass start | HEERENVEEN 11th 500m 5000m 5th 1500m 10000m overall | |||
2022–23 | HEERENVEEN 4th 5000m 4th 10000m 19th mass start | HEERENVEEN 13th 500m 5000m 7th 1500m 10000m overall | HEERENVEEN team pursuit | team pursuit | HAMAR 8th 500m 4th 5000m 8th 1500m 4th 10000 6th overall |
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