Jannick de Jong

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Jannick de Jong
Born (1987-06-07) 7 June 1987 (age 37)
Drachten, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Individual honours
2015 Long Track World Champion
2013, 2014, 2015 European Grasstrack Champion
2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016Dutch Grasstrack Champion
2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011Dutch Speedway Champion
Team honours
2013, 2016, 2023 World Longtrack Team champion

Jannick de Jong (born 7 June 1987) is a former motorcycle racer for the Netherlands, who competed primarily in longtrack and Grasstrack. [1] [2] He was the 2015 world champion in longtrack.

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Career

De Jong represented the Netherlands national long track team in the World Longtrack Championship from 2007 to 2023 and on three occasions has won the World championship titles at the 2013 Team Long Track World Championship in Folkestone, England, 2016 Team Long Track World Championship in Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic and in 2023, when he was part of the Netherlands team, along with Romano Hummel, Dave Meijerink and Mika Meijer, that won the 2023 Team Long Track World Championship. [3]

The highlight of his career was becoming the Long Track World Champion in 2015. [4] In addition he has won the European Grasstrack Champion three times in 2013, 2014 and 2015. [5]

Major results

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix

  • 2005 - 4 apps (12th) 31pts
  • 2006 - 2 apps (17th) 10pts
  • 2007 - 3 apps (11th) 28pts
  • 2008 - 4 apps (9th) 33pts
  • 2009 - 4 apps (10th) 42pts
  • 2010 - 6 apps (9th) 70pts
  • 2011 - 0 apps
  • 2012 - 6 apps (9th) 74pts
  • 2013 - 6 apps (Second) 97pts
  • 2014 - 4 apps (Second) 72pts
  • 2015 - 4 apps (First) 75pts
  • 2016 - 5 apps (Second) 101pts
  • 2017 - 1 apps (15th) 24pts
  • 2022 - 1 apps (19th) 10pts

Best Grand-Prix Results

World Team Championship

Grasstrack European Championship

Dutch Grasstrack Championship

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Interview with Jannick de Jong". MotoPlus. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "24 September 2023 in Roden". Bahn Sport (In Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "De Jong wins World Cup title". NWZ online. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Jannick de Jong is er weer bij - kijkt anders". sa24. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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