Dai Dai N'tab

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.

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
Event(s)500 m
ClubTeam jumbo visma
Coached byJac orie
Medal record
World Single Distances Championships
2020 Salt Lake CityTeam sprint
2021 Heerenveen500 m
European Championships
2020 Heerenveen500 m
2022 Heerenveen500 m

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
500m[1]
500m[2]
8th 1000m
500m samalog
16th 500m[1]
19th 500m[2]
18th 500m samalog
BJUGN
500m
14th 1000m
2014–156th 500m
16th 1000m		4th 500m
24th 1000m
6th 500m
17th 1000m
18th overall		29th 500m
2015–164th 500m
13th 1000m		10th 500m
20th 1000m
500m
14th 1000m
12th overall

2016–17
500m
10th 1000m
500m
11th 1000m
500m
8th 1000m
4th overall
GANGNEUNG
DQ 500m
500m
2017–18 500m
7th 1000m		 500m
4th 1000m
500m
4th 1000m
overall		8th 500m
41st 1000m
2018–19 500m
6th 1000m		 500m
5th 1000m
500m
6th 1000m
overall		15th 500m
43rd 1000m

2019–20
500m
1000m
HAMAR
10th 500m
13th 1000m
6th 500m
11th 1000m
9th overall
SALT LAKE CITY
13th 500m
Team sprint
7th 500m
20th 1000m
HEERENVEEN
500m
6th 1000m

2020–21
500m
6th 1000m
500m
6th 1000m
500m
6th 1000m
overall
HEERENVEEN
500m
500m
5th 1000m

Source:[7][8][9]

World Cup overview
Season 500 meter
2014–2015––1st(b)9th––––––––
2016–20174th(b)9th11th4th12th14th12th
2017–20185th19th17th8th13th4th15th8th6th
2018–201915th5th7th12th9thDQ5th–––
2019–20209th15th11th5th14th7th6th
2020–20216th
Season 1000 meter
2014–2015
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019––16th(b)5th(b)––
2019–202010th9th14th––
2020–20217th5th
Season Team sprint
2014–2015
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020––––5th
2020–2021

Source:[10] [11]

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

References
  1. 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. "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. "Dai Dai Ntab". SpeedSkatingNews.
  11. "Events". International skating union. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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