Jenning de Boo
Dutch speed skater (born 2004)
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Jenning de Boo (born 22 January 2004) is a Dutch speed skater who specializes in the sprint distances.
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| Born | 22 January 2004 Groningen, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Team Reggeborgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 won gold medal in the 500m at the 2022 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships. 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.
At the 2026 Winter Olympics, de Boo won silver medals in both the 500m and 1000m races. In both races, he competed in the same heat as eventual gold medal winner Jordan Stolz.[5][6]
De Boo is a member of Team Reggeborgh.
Personal records
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| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 500 m | 33.63 | 16 November 2025 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | NR |
| 1000 m | 1:06.05 | 25 January 2025 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | NR |
| 1500 m | 1:50.67 | 30 September 2023 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
