Dai Dai N'tab
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1994-08-17) 17 August 1994
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Event500 m
ClubTeam jumbo visma
Coached byJac orie
Medal record
World Single Distances Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 Salt Lake CityTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2021 Heerenveen500 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2020 Heerenveen500 m
Bronze medal – third place2022 Heerenveen500 m

Dai Dai N'tab (born 17 August 1994) is a Dutch professional long track speed skater who specializes in the sprint distances.[1][2] He is a member of Team Plantina. He has a Senegalese father and a Dutch mother.

Career

At the 2016 Dutch Sprint Championships he finished 12th but won the second 500m.[3]

On 3 December 2016 he won the 500 m at the third World Cup of the 2016/17 season, held in Astana. It was his first World Cup win and in doing so he improved his personal record by 0.44s and set a new track record.[4][5]

He studied Communication and Marketing at the Johan Cruyff College in Groningen.[1]

Personal records

Personal records[6]
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 meter34.159 December 2017 Salt Lake City
1000 meter1:08.3928 December 2020Heerenveen
1500 meter1:50.5622 March 2015 Calgary
3000 meter4:24.358 October 2015Heerenveen

Tournament overview


Season
Dutch
Championships
Junior
Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances
Dutch
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Single
Distances

World Cup
Classification
GWC
World
Championships
Junior
European
Championships
Single Distances

2013–14
TILBURG

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m[1]
1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m[2]
8th 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m samalog
HEERENVEEN

16th 500m[1]
19th 500m[2]
18th 500m samalog
BJUGN

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m
14th 1000m

2014–15
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
16th 1000m
GRONINGEN

4th 500m
24th 1000m
6th 500m
17th 1000m
18th overall

29th 500m

2015–16
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
13th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

10th 500m
20th 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
14th 1000m
12th overall

2016–17
HEERENVEEN

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
10th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m
11th 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
8th 1000m
4th overall
GANGNEUNG

DQ 500m

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m

2017–18
HEERENVEEN

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
7th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
4th 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
4th 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall

8th 500m
41st 1000m
2018–19
HEERENVEEN

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
6th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
5th 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
6th 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall

15th 500m
43rd 1000m

2019–20
HEERENVEEN

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
HAMAR

10th 500m
13th 1000m
6th 500m
11th 1000m
9th overall
SALT LAKE CITY

13th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) team sprint

7th 500m
20th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
6th 1000m

2020–21
HEERENVEEN

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
6th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
6th 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
6th 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall
HEERENVEEN

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
5th 1000m

2021–22
HEERENVEEN

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
7th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
DQ 1000m
DNS 500m
DNS 1000m
NC overall

12th 500m

2022–23
HEERENVEEN

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m[1]
5th 500m[2]
5th 500m samalog
9th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m
14th 1000m
DQ 500m
DNS 1000m
NC overall
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m

9th 500m

Source:[7][8][9]

World Cup overview

Season 500 meter
2014–20151st(b)9th
2016–20174th(b)9th11th1st place, gold medalist(s)4th12th14th12th1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017–20185th19th17th8th13th4th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)15th8th6th2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018–201915th5th7th12th9thDQ5th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019–20203rd place, bronze medalist(s)9th15th11th5th14th7th6th
2020–20211st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)6th
2021–202214th14th13th6th12th10th14th10th
2022–202310th7th17th8th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Season 1000 meter
2014–2015
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–201916th(b)5th(b)
2019–202010th9th14th
2020–20217th5th
2021–2022
2022–2023
Season Team sprint
2014–2015
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–20205th
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023

Source:[7] [10]

  • GWC = Grand World Cup
  • – = Did not participate
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • (b) = World Cup division B

References

  1. 1 2 Lisette van der Geest (27 December 2015). "Profiel: Schaatser met intrigerende naam" (in Dutch). Schaatsen.nl.
  2. "Dai Dai Ntab". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  3. "KPN NK Sprint 2016 – Klassement Heren Sprint" (PDF). schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). KNSB.
  4. "ISU World Cup Harbin – Result 500m Men Division A". isu.org. International Skating Union (ISU). 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  5. "Three maiden wins on day 2 of Astana World Cup". isu.org. International Skating Union (ISU). 3 December 2016. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017.
  6. "Dai Dai N'tab". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Dai Dai Ntab". SpeedSkatingNews.
  8. "Dai Dai Ntab". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  9. "Dai Dai Ntab". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  10. "Events". International skating union. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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