Wesly Dijs
Netherlands
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| NOC | Netherlands | |
| Born | 26 Sep 1995
in  Soest | |
| Gender | Men |
| Residence | Heerenveen, NED | |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | Dutch, English |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 35.71 | 28 Nov 2020 | Heerenveen |
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| 1000m | 1:08.23 | 28 Dec 2020 | Heerenveen |
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| 1500m | 1:42.38 | 04 Dec 2021 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 5000m | 6:46.87 | 23 Jan 2016 | Heerenveen |
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| 10000m | 14:26.52 | 08 Jan 2017 | Groningen |
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Main Achievements |
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World Junior Championships
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| Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 1 | |||||
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/wesly-dijs-171943173480126 |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Team Reggeborgh: Netherlands | |
| Name of coach | Gerard van Velde [club], NED; Jan Coopmans [national] |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hobbies | Playing video games, skiing, watching films, sailing, cycling. (ad.nl, 13 Feb 2021; schaatsteamreggeborgh.nl, 01 Jan 2020; schaatsen.nl, 24 Jan 2019) | |
| Other information | PREFERRED DISTANCE He believes the 1500m is his best event. "If you can beat everyone at your favourite distance, that is the best thing there is. You have two types of 1500m skaters - the skaters from the all-round branch such as Sven Kramer and Patrick Roest, and skaters from the sprint branch such as Kjeld Nuis and Thomas Krol who go full throttle. To what kind do I belong? I am a bit in between." (schaatsen.nl, 24 Jan 2019) |
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| Ambitions | To compete at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (gooieneemlander.nl, 29 Mar 2020) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2020/2021 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 7 | |||
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World Cups
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| 2020/2021 | World Cup | 1500m | 5 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup | 1000m | 8 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 1500m | 29 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup | 1500m | 53 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 1000m | 58 | |||