![]() Joel de Jong at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Sneek, Netherlands | 17 January 2002 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joel de Jong (born 17 January 2002) is a Dutch para-athlete. He represented the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
De Jong represented the Netherlands at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a silver medal in the long jump T63 and a bronze medal in 100 metres T63 events. [2] [3]
He represented the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a gold medal in the long jump T63 event with a world record jump of 7.68 metres, surpassing his previous world record of 7.67 metres. [1] [4]