Itzhak de Laat
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| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1994 Leeuwarden, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Short track speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Trias Short Track Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Itzhak de Laat (born 13 June 1994) is a Dutch short track speed skater.[1]
Career
[edit]Influenced by his father, De Laat started with speed skating when he was eight years old, starting at the Trias Short Track Club in Leeuwarden. He won the gold medal in the 5000m relay event at the 2017 World Championships in Rotterdam in his own country.
He qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics in the men's 1000 m, men's 1500 m and 5000 m relay event.[2]
Inspired by metal music, he designs the images on his own helmets.
References
[edit]- ^ "Itzhak de Laat – Person Bio". infostradasports.com.
- ^ "Short Track Speed Skating – Athlete Profile: Itzhak DE LAAT – Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- Itzhak de Laat at the International Skating Union
- Itzhak de Laat at ShortTrackOnLine.info
- Itzhak de Laat at Olympics.com
- Itzhak de Laat at Olympedia
- Itzhak de Laat at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
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Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Dutch male short track speed skaters
- Olympic short track speed skaters for the Netherlands
- Short track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Short track speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Leeuwarden
- 21st-century Dutch people
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen
- Dutch speed skating biography stubs