Dai Dai N'tab

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Dai Dai N'tab
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Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1994-08-17) 17 August 1994 (age 30)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
Sport Speed skating
Event500 m
ClubTeam jumbo visma
Coached by Jac orie
Medal record
World Single Distances Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Salt Lake City Team sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Heerenveen 500 m
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Heerenveen 500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Heerenveen 500 m

Dai Dai N'tab (born 17 August 1994) is a Dutch professional long track speed skater who specializes in the sprint distances. [1] [2] He is a member of Team Plantina. He has a Senegalese father and a Dutch mother.

Contents

Career

At the 2016 Dutch Sprint Championships he finished 12th but won the second 500m. [3]

On 3 December 2016 he won the 500 m at the third World Cup of the 2016/17 season, held in Astana. It was his first World Cup win and in doing so he improved his personal record by 0.44s and set a new track record. [4] [5]

He studied Communication and Marketing at the Johan Cruyff College in Groningen. [1]

Personal records

Personal records [6]
Men's speed skating
EventResultDateLocationNotes
500 meter34.159 December 2017 Salt Lake City
1000 meter1:08.3928 December 2020 Heerenveen
1500 meter1:50.5622 March 2015 Calgary
3000 meter4:24.358 October 2015 Heerenveen

Tournament overview


Season
Dutch
Championships
Junior
Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances
Dutch
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Single
Distances

World Cup
Classification
GWC
World
Championships
Junior
European
Championships
Single Distances

2013–14
TILBURG

Silver medal icon.svg 500m[1]
Gold medal icon.svg 500m[2]
8th 1000m
Silver medal icon.svg 500m samalog
HEERENVEEN

16th 500m[1]
19th 500m[2]
18th 500m samalog
BJUGN

Bronze medal icon.svg 500m
14th 1000m

2014–15
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
16th 1000m
GRONINGEN

4th 500m
24th 1000m
6th 500m
17th 1000m
18th overall

29th 500m

2015–16
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
13th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

10th 500m
20th 1000m
Gold medal icon.svg 500m
14th 1000m
12th overall

2016–17
HEERENVEEN

Gold medal icon.svg 500m
10th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

Bronze medal icon.svg 500m
11th 1000m
Gold medal icon.svg 500m
8th 1000m
4th overall
GANGNEUNG

DQ 500m

Gold medal icon.svg 500m

2017–18
HEERENVEEN

Gold medal icon.svg 500m
7th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

Gold medal icon.svg 500m
4th 1000m
Silver medal icon.svg 500m
4th 1000m
Gold medal icon.svg overall

8th 500m
41st 1000m
2018–19
HEERENVEEN

Silver medal icon.svg 500m
6th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

Gold medal icon.svg 500m
5th 1000m
Silver medal icon.svg 500m
6th 1000m
Silver medal icon.svg overall

15th 500m
43rd 1000m

2019–20
HEERENVEEN

Gold medal icon.svg 500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1000m
HAMAR

10th 500m
13th 1000m
6th 500m
11th 1000m
9th overall
SALT LAKE CITY

13th 500m
Gold medal icon.svg team sprint

7th 500m
20th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

Silver medal icon.svg 500m
6th 1000m

2020–21
HEERENVEEN

Gold medal icon.svg 500m
6th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

Gold medal icon.svg 500m
6th 1000m
Silver medal icon.svg 500m
6th 1000m
Bronze medal icon.svg overall
HEERENVEEN

Bronze medal icon.svg 500m

Gold medal icon.svg 500m
5th 1000m

2021–22
HEERENVEEN

Silver medal icon.svg 500m
7th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

Gold medal icon.svg 500m
DQ 1000m
DNS 500m
DNS 1000m
NC overall

12th 500m

2022–23
HEERENVEEN

Silver medal icon.svg 500m[1]
5th 500m[2]
5th 500m samalog
9th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m
14th 1000m
DQ 500m
DNS 1000m
NC overall
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m

9th 500m

Source: [7] [8] [9]

World Cup overview

Season500 meter
2014–2015 1st(b)9th
2016–2017 4th(b)9th11thGold medal icon.svg4th12th14th12thGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
2017–2018 5th19th17th8th13th4thBronze medal icon.svg15th8th6thSilver medal icon.svg
2018–2019 15th5th7th12th9thDQ5thBronze medal icon.svg
2019–2020 Bronze medal icon.svg9th15th11th5th14th7th6th
2020–2021 Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg6th
2021–2022 14th14th13th6th12th10th14th10th
2022–2023 10th7th17th8thBronze medal icon.svg
Season1000 meter
2014–2015
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019 16th(b)5th(b)
2019–2020 10th9th14th
2020–2021 7th5th
2021–2022
2022–2023
SeasonTeam sprint
2014–2015
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020 5th
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023

Source: [7] [10]

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