Sanneke de Neeling
Netherlands
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSNED21904199601 | |
| NOC | Netherlands | |
| Born | 19 Apr 1996
in  Rotterdam | |
| Gender | Women |
| Occupation | Athlete, Student | |
| Languages | Dutch |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 37.66 | 08 Feb 2020 |  Calgary |
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| 1000m | 1:13.74 | 07 Feb 2020 | Calgary |
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| 1500m | 1:55.27 | 21 Nov 2015 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 3000m | 4:15.50 | 06 Nov 2021 | Heerewaarden |
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| 5000m | 7:47.39 | 02 Mar 2024 | Heerenveen |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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| World Junior Championships | Event | |||||
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World Junior Championships
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| 1000m | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1500m | 1 | |||||
| 3000m | 1 | |||||
| Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | |||||
| Allround | 1 | |||||
| European Single Distances Championships | Event | |||||
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European Single Distances Championships
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| Team Sprint | 1 | |||||
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Gewest Fryslan: Netherlands |
General Interest
General Interest
| Other sports | She has competed in roller speed skating at national level. (YouTube, 01 Jun 2014) | |
| Hero / Idol | Dutch sailor Dorian van Rijsselberghe. (Athlete, 27 Jan 2017) | |
| Awards and honours | She was named the 2012 Talent of the Year at the Sport Awards Rotterdam-Rijnmond in the Netherlands. (rijnmond.nl, 17 Dec 2012) She carried the Dutch flag during the closing ceremony of the 2012 Youth Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria. (sevendays.nl, 2012) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Henk Hospes [club], NED | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She first tried skating at age four, and began taking lessons at age six. |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/sannekedeneeling1 | twitter.com/Sannekeneeling |
General Interest
General Interest
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Go hard or go home." (Athlete, 27 Jan 2017) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | "My parents wanted me to learn how to skate so, if the time came, I could skate on one of the local tours on a nearby lake." |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | Her mother. (Athlete, 27 Jan 2017) | |
| Other information | FURTHER EDUCATION She has studied life science and technology at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. (hartvanlansingerland.nl, 13 Jan 2019) |
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| Famous relatives | Her mother Marianne competed in speed skating at the 2020 Winter World Masters Games in Innsbruck, Austria. She only took up speed skating after Sanneke started the sport. (innsbruck2020.com, 18 Jan 2020) | |
| Ambitions | To compete at the Olympic Winter Games and to work in biotechnology and design prostheses. (rug.nl, 13 Feb 2020) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2017/2018 | European Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 2 | |||
| 2018/2019 | European Sprint Championships | Overall | 5 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 6 | |||
| 2017/2018 | European Single Distances Championships | 500m | 7 | |||
| 2016/2017 | European Sprint Championships | Overall | 7 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 8 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 11 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 15 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 20 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2019/2020 | Nagano | Team Sprint | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | Heerenveen | Team Sprint | 1 | |||
| 2019/2020 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Team Sprint | 2 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Heerenveen | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2019/2020 | Nagano | 1000m | 3 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Nagano | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 11 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 12 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 13 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 14 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 18 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 28 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 31 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 32 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 34 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 35 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 35 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 37 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 40 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 43 | |||