Teun Boer
Dutch speed skater (born 2001)
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Teun Boer (born 5 May 2001) is a Dutch short-track speed skater. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 5000 m relay. He won the gold medal with the mixed relay team at the 2023 World Championships.
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| Born | 5 May 2001 Nijmegen, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Short-track speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | RTC Noord Shorttrack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Boer joined in 2017 the Regionaal Talentencentrum (RTC) in Dordrecht, a training facility for young talents. Three years later, he moved to the RTC in Heerenveen and enrolled at the Johan Cruyff Academy of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences.[1][2]
He made his international debut at the 2020 World Junior Short-track Championships in Bormio. In 2021 he joined the national senior short-track speed skating team.[3] Boer was part of the Dutch team with Suzanne Schulting, Xandra Velzeboer and Jens van ´t Wout that won the 2000 metre relay race at the 2023 World Championships. In 2025 and 2026 he won silver at the European Championships 500m race. Boer represented the Netherlands at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
