Tineke den Dulk
Belgian speed skater (born 1997)
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Tineke den Dulk (born 5 June 1997) is a Belgian short-track speed skater of Dutch origin. She adopted the Belgian nationality in 2021. Den Dulk was part of the Belgian mixed relay team that won a silver and a bronze medal at the European Championships. She represented Belgium at the 2026 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the mixed relay.
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| Born | 5 June 1997 Leeuwarden, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Short track speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Netherlands
Den Dulk started competitive short-track speed skating in Leeuwarden in 2008. In 2016 she was part of the Dutch team that won a bronze medal at the relay event of the World Junior Championships. In 2019 Den Dulk was part of the Dutch senior team that won a gold medal at the European Championships.[1] Later that year, she lost her place in the Dutch national team and she decided to move to Belgium to be able to compete internationally.[2] In 2021 she obtained the Belgian nationality.
Belgium
In 2020, Den Dulk was invited to join the Belgian national short-track team.[3] She was part of the Belgian mixed relay team that obtained a third place overall at the 2022–23 World Cup. In 2023 and 2024 the Belgian mixed relay team, including Den Dulk, obtained a bronze and silver medal at the European Championships. The team qualified for the 2026 Winter Olympics where she won a bronze medal with the team in the mixed 2000 metre relay.[4] A month later the Belgian mixed relay team with Den Dulk took again a bronze medal on a world stage coming in third in the 2000 m relay at the 2026 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Montreal, Canada.[5]
Den Dulk has a master's degree in film and visual culture at the University of Antwerp. The university recognized Den Dulk with the 2022 Francis van Loon-award for Student-Athletes of Excellence.[6]
