Joel Dufter
Germany
| Sport | Short Track | |
| FederationID | STGER11801199501 | |
| NOC | Germany | |
| Born | 18 Mar 1995
in Traunstein  |
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| Gender | Men |
| Languages | English, German | |
| Residence | Inzell, GER |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 42.866 | 22 Mar 2014 |  Sofia |
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| 1000m | 1:30.631 | 04 Nov 2012 | Dresden |
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| 1500m | 2:23.839 | 04 Feb 2012 | Dresden |
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General Interest
General Interest
| Other sports | He has represented Germany in short track, and was part of the team that finished eighth in the 3000m relay at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Oct 2017) | |
| Famous relatives | His older sister Roxanne represented Germany in speed skating at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. His father played ice hockey at club level in the German second tier. (isu.org, 13 Mar 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 02 Dec 2019) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up the sport in 2009 in Inzell, Germany. |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/joel.dufter |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | Skating is popular in the area of Germany where he grew up and he liked the speed. He played ice hockey before moving on to short track and then speed skating. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | His father. (Athlete, 28 Jan 2017) | |
| Hero / Idol | Canadian ice hockey player Sidney Crosby. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Train hard or go home." (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Finishing in second place in the team sprint at the 2016 World Cup event in Nagano, Japan. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) | |
| Injuries | He ruptured an adductor muscle in 2015. (Athlete, 28 Jan 2017) | |
| Hobbies | Mountain biking. (isu.org, 13 Mar 2021) | |
| Other information | NORWEGIAN STINT In mid-2021 he spent time training with the Norwegian national speed skating team and their Canadian coach Jeremy Wotherspoon as part of his preparations for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. "In Norway, the training sessions are intensive, but shorter than here in Germany, for example." (traunsteiner-tagblatt.de, 03 Nov 2021, 18 May 2021; Instagram profile, 10 Jul 2021, 05 Aug 2021) |