Serge Yoro
Netherlands
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSNED11507199901 | |
| NOC | Netherlands | |
| Born | 15 Jul 1999
in  Amsterdam | |
| Gender | Men |
| 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 | 34.98 | 27 Dec 2021 | Heerenveen |
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| 1000m | 1:08.37 | 15 Oct 2021 |  Inzell |
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| 1500m | 1:45.89 | 30 Dec 2021 | Heerenveen |
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| 5000m | 7:31.26 | 03 Feb 2019 | Groningen |
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Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Team Jumbo-Visma: Netherlands |
General Interest
General Interest
| Famous relatives | His older sister Tara Yoro has competed in long jump and won gold at the Dutch national indoor athletics championships in 2017 and 2020. His cousin Nika Daalderop has represented the Netherlands in indoor and beach volleyball, and was part of the Dutch team that won silver at the indoor volleyball European championships in 2017. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023; SportsDeskOnline, 22 Nov 2021; volkskrant.nl, 19 Feb 2021) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | "My father is from Africa, so he is not really used to skating. So our mother went out on the ice with us, the little ones. That's when we had fun." |
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| Hero / Idol | US speed skater Shani Davis. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Jac Orie [club], NED; Sicco Janmaat [club], NED | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began skating at age four at Jaap Eden Ice Rink in Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
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| Nicknames | Beautiful Mario [given to him by coach Sicco Janmaat after Italian cyclist Mario Cipollini, as he wore stylish outfits while cycling at a training camp]. (volkskrant.nl, 19 Feb 2021) | |
| Other information | HERITAGE His father is from Cote d'Ivoire and his mother is from the Netherlands. "I've always been told to be proud of who you are. I have something that others don't. And I think people are more likely to remember my foreign name than other skaters." (volkskrant.nl, 19 Feb 2021) |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010425103967 |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hobbies | Sports. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023) | |
| Most influential person in career | His parents. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023) |