Dai Dai N'tab

Dai Dai N'tab (born 17 August 1994) is a Dutch professional long track speed skater who specializes in the sprint distances.^[1][2] He is a member of Team Plantina. He has a Senegalese father and a Dutch mother.

Dai Dai N'tab

Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1994-08-17) 17 August 1994 (age 30) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Event	500 m
Club	Team jumbo visma
Coached by	Jac orie
Medal record World Single Distances Championships 2020 Salt Lake City Team sprint 2021 Heerenveen 500 m European Championships 2020 Heerenveen 500 m 2022 Heerenveen 500 m

Career

At the 2016 Dutch Sprint Championships he finished 12th but won the second 500m.^[3]

On 3 December 2016 he won the 500 m at the third World Cup of the 2016/17 season, held in Astana. It was his first World Cup win and in doing so he improved his personal record by 0.44s and set a new track record.^[4][5]

He studied Communication and Marketing at the Johan Cruyff College in Groningen.^[1]

Personal records

Personal records[6]
Men's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 meter	34.15	9 December 2017	Salt Lake City
1000 meter	1:08.39	28 December 2020	Heerenveen
1500 meter	1:50.56	22 March 2015	Calgary
3000 meter	4:24.35	8 October 2015	Heerenveen

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Junior	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Sprint	World Championships Sprint	World Championships Single Distances	World Cup Classification GWC	World Championships Junior	European Championships Single Distances
2013–14	TILBURG 500m[1] 500m[2] 8th 1000m 500m samalog	HEERENVEEN 16th 500m[1] 19th 500m[2] 18th 500m samalog					BJUGN 500m 14th 1000m
2014–15		HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 16th 1000m	GRONINGEN 4th 500m 24th 1000m 6th 500m 17th 1000m 18th overall			29th 500m
2015–16		HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 13th 1000m	HEERENVEEN 10th 500m 20th 1000m 500m 14th 1000m 12th overall
2016–17		HEERENVEEN 500m 10th 1000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 11th 1000m 500m 8th 1000m 4th overall		GANGNEUNG DQ 500m	500m
2017–18		HEERENVEEN 500m 7th 1000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 4th 1000m 500m 4th 1000m overall			8th 500m 41st 1000m
2018–19		HEERENVEEN 500m 6th 1000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 5th 1000m 500m 6th 1000m overall			15th 500m 43rd 1000m
2019–20		HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m		HAMAR 10th 500m 13th 1000m 6th 500m 11th 1000m 9th overall	SALT LAKE CITY 13th 500m team sprint	7th 500m 20th 1000m		HEERENVEEN 500m 6th 1000m
2020–21		HEERENVEEN 500m 6th 1000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 6th 1000m 500m 6th 1000m overall		HEERENVEEN 500m	500m 5th 1000m
2021–22		HEERENVEEN 500m 7th 1000m	HEERENVEEN 500m DQ 1000m DNS 500m DNS 1000m NC overall			12th 500m
2022–23		HEERENVEEN 500m[1] 5th 500m[2] 5th 500m samalog 9th 1000m	HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 14th 1000m DQ 500m DNS 1000m NC overall		HEERENVEEN 7th 500m	9th 500m

Source:^[7][8][9]

World Cup overview

Season	500 meter
2014–2015	–	–	1st(b)	9th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2016–2017	4th(b)	9th	11th		4th	12th	14th	12th
2017–2018	5th	19th	17th	8th	13th	4th		15th	8th	6th
2018–2019	15th	5th	7th	12th	9th	DQ	5th		–	–	–
2019–2020		9th	15th	11th	5th	14th	7th	6th
2020–2021				6th
2021–2022	14th	14th	13th	6th	12th	10th	–	–	14th	10th
2022–2023	10th	7th	17th	8th	–

Season	1000 meter
2014–2015
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019	–	–	16th(b)	5th(b)	–	–
2019–2020	10th	9th	14th	–	–
2020–2021	7th	5th	–
2021–2022	–	–	–
2022–2023

Season	Team sprint
2014–2015
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020	–	–	–	–	5th
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023

Source:^{[7] [10]}

• GWC = Grand World Cup
• – = Did not participate
• DQ = Disqualified
• (b) = World Cup division B

References

1. Lisette van der Geest (27 December 2015). "Profiel: Schaatser met intrigerende naam" (in Dutch). Schaatsen.nl.
2. "Dai Dai Ntab". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
3. "KPN NK Sprint 2016 – Klassement Heren Sprint" (PDF). schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). KNSB.
4. "ISU World Cup Harbin – Result 500m Men Division A". isu.org. International Skating Union (ISU). 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
5. "Three maiden wins on day 2 of Astana World Cup". isu.org. International Skating Union (ISU). 3 December 2016. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017.
6. "Dai Dai N'tab". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
7. "Dai Dai Ntab". SpeedSkatingNews.
8. "Dai Dai Ntab". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
9. "Dai Dai Ntab". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
10. "Events". International skating union. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

External links

• Dai Dai N'tab at the International Skating Union
• Dai Dai N'tab in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
• Dai Dai N'tab at SpeedSkatingNews.info
• Dai Dai N'tab at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• Dai Dai N'tab at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)