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 (age 30)
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 place 2020 Salt Lake City Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Heerenveen 500 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Heerenveen 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Heerenveen 500 m

Career

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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

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Personal records[6]
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 meter 34.15 9 December 2017 Salt Lake City
1000 meter 1:08.39 28 December 2020 Heerenveen
1500 meter 1:50.56 22 March 2015 Calgary
3000 meter 4:24.35 8 October 2015 Heerenveen

Tournament overview

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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

  500m[1]
  500m[2]
8th 1000m
  500m samalog
HEERENVEEN

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

  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
  500m
14th 1000m
12th overall

2016–17
HEERENVEEN

  500m
10th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

  500m
11th 1000m
  500m
8th 1000m
4th overall
GANGNEUNG

DQ 500m

  500m

2017–18
HEERENVEEN

  500m
7th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

  500m
4th 1000m
  500m
4th 1000m
  overall

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

  500m
6th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

  500m
5th 1000m
  500m
6th 1000m
  overall

15th 500m
43rd 1000m

2019–20
HEERENVEEN

  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
HEERENVEEN

  500m
6th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

  500m
6th 1000m
  500m
6th 1000m
  overall
HEERENVEEN

  500m

  500m
5th 1000m

2021–22
HEERENVEEN

  500m
7th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

  500m
DQ 1000m
DNS 500m
DNS 1000m
NC overall

12th 500m

2022–23
HEERENVEEN

  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

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Season 500 meter
2014–2015 1st(b) 9th
2016–2017 4th(b) 9th 11th   4th 12th 14th 12th    
2017–2018 5th 19th 17th 8th 13th 4th   15th 8th 6th  
2018–2019 15th 5th 7th 12th 9th DQ 5th  
2019–2020   9th 15th 11th 5th 14th 7th 6th
2020–2021       6th
2021–2022 14th 14th 13th 6th 12th 10th 14th 10th
2022–2023 10th 7th 17th 8th  
Season 1000 meter
2014–2015
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019 16th(b) 5th(b)
2019–2020 10th 9th 14th
2020–2021 7th 5th
2021–2022
2022–2023
Season Team sprint
2014–2015
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020 5th
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023

Source:[7] [10]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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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