Tyson Langelaar
Canada
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| NOC | Canada | |
| Born | 17 Feb 1999
in  Winnipeg | |
| Gender | Men |
| Residence | Calgary, AB, CAN | |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | English |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 35.76 | 09 Mar 2018 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1000m | 1:08.77 | 19 Oct 2019 | Calgary |
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| 1500m | 1:43.39 | 16 Feb 2020 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 5000m | 6:28.79 | 30 Nov 2018 | Calgary |
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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 Sprint | 1 | |||||
| Allround | 1 | 1 | ||||
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/Tyson-Langelaar-179136779374097 | twitter.com/TysonLangelaar |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Training Regime | He trains at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, AB, Canada. | |
| Name of coach | Bart Schouten [national], NED; Todd McClements [national], CAN |
General Interest
General Interest
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "You can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets." (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) | |
| Injuries | He has torn the medial collateral ligament [MCL] in his knee and sustained a concussion during his career. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning a silver medal in team pursuit at the 2016 Junior World Championships in Changchun, People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) | |
| Most influential person in career | Canadian speed skater Tyler Derraugh, and Dutch coach Remmelt Eldering. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019; mbspeedskating.com, 01 Feb 2019) | |
| Hero / Idol | US basketball player Shaquille O'Neal, US swimmer Michael Phelps. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) | |
| Ambitions | To compete at the 2020 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (globalnews.ca, 04 Dec 2020) | |
| Awards and honours | He received the Roland Michener Award at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, AB, Canada. The award is given to the athlete who exemplifies leadership, cooperation and excellence during the Games. (rdnewsnow.com, 03 Jun 2019) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2019/2020 | World Allround Championships | 500m | 2 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 4 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 9 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 13 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2019/2020 | World Cup Nagano | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 3 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 1500m | 6 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 1000m | 33 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup | 1500m | 39 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup | 1000m | 51 | |||