Tijmen Snel
Netherlands
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSNED11112199701 | |
| NOC | Netherlands | |
| Born | 11 Dec 1997
in  Amsterdam | |
| Gender | Men |
| Higher education | Mechanical Engineering - Delft University of Technology: Netherlands | |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | Dutch, English | |
| Residence | Heerenveen, NED |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 34.82 | 27 Dec 2021 | Heerenveen |
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| 1000m | 1:08.09 | 29 Oct 2023 | Heerenveen |
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| 1500m | 1:45.16 | 30 Dec 2021 | Heerenveen |
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| 5000m | 6:41.34 | 26 Jan 2019 | Heerenveen |
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| 10000m | 14:12.17 | 27 Jan 2019 | 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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| Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 1 | |||||
| Team Sprint | 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 | Team Jumbo-Visma [NED] / IJssport Vereniging Leiden [NED]: |
General Interest
General Interest
| Other sports | He has competed in road cycling at the Dutch U23 national championships. (procyclingstats.com, 24 Jun 2017) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | His father took him ice skating at a rink in Leiden, Netherlands. "My parents did it and I first got in touch with the sport through them. Later on I mostly enjoyed the speed of it." |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hero / Idol | Italian road cyclist Marco Pantani. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023) | |
| Ambitions | To compete at the Olympic Winter Games. (schaatsen.nl, 03 Mar 2021) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Jac Orie [Jumbo-Visma], NED; Rintje Ritsma [national], NED | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up the sport at age six in Leiden, Netherlands. At age 10 he became a member of the IJssport Vereniging Leiden speed skating club. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Nicknames | Fredje, Snelle Tijmen ['Fast Times', a play on his name]. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023; swabo-cyclingteam.nl, 31 Dec 2020) |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/tijmen.snel.5 | twitter.com/tijmensnel |
General Interest
General Interest
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Better than yesterday." (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023) | |
| Hobbies | Playing video games. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023) | |
| Injuries | In 2022 he fractured his hand and needed about two weeks to recover. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning the sprint combination title at the 2022 Dutch National Sprint Championships in Heerenveen. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023) | |
| Most influential person in career | His coaches. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2021/2022 | European Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 1 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 10 | |||
| 2021/2022 | European Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 10 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 28 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 46 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 47 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 56 | |||