Joy Beune

Joy Beune (born 28 April 1999) is a Dutch allround speed skater who specialises in the middle distances.

Joy Beune

Beune in 2022
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1999-04-28) 28 April 1999 (age 26) Borne, Netherlands
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Event(s)	1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m
Turned pro	2018
Medal record Women's speed skating Representing the  Netherlands World Single Distances Championships 2024 Calgary 5000 m 2024 Calgary Team pursuit 2025 Hamar 1500 m 2025 Hamar 3000 m 2025 Hamar Team pursuit 2019 Inzell Team pursuit 2024 Calgary 1500 m World Allround Championships 2024 Inzell Allround European Championships 2024 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2025 Heerenveen Allround 2024 Heerenveen 1500 m Junior World Championships 2017 Warsaw 3000 m 2017 Warsaw Allround 2018 Utah Allround 2018 Utah 1000 m 2018 Utah 1500 m 2018 Utah 3000 m

Career

Beune won the silver medal at the 2017 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Warsaw. The following year, at the 2018 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Utah, she became junior world champion. She won the 1000 m, 1500 m and 3000 m events and set world junior records at these distances.^[1][2]

In 2018 she became a member of Team LottoNL-Jumbo, signing a contract for two years.^[3] In 2022 she moved to Team IKO, and in 2023 she prolonged her contract until season 2025-2026.

Records

Personal records

Personal records[4]
Speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	38.69	9 March 2018	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1000 m	1:14.21	10 March 2018	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m	1:51.05	15 November 2025	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m	3:53.69	14 November 2025	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
5000 m	6:45.76	24 January 2025	Olympic Oval, Calgary

At the end of the 2023 speed skating season, Beune occupied the 12th position on the Adelskalender with a score of 157.598 points^[5]

World records established

Nr.	Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
1.	Team sprint	1:28.40	25 November 2017	Inzell	Junior world record
2.	Team pursuit	3:02.72	3 March 2018	Salt Lake City	Junior world record
3.	1500 meter	1:54.21	9 March 2018	Inzell	Junior world record
4.	Mini-combination	153.776	9/10 March 2018	Salt Lake City	Junior world record
5.	1000 meter	1:14.21	10 March 2018	Salt Lake City	Junior world record
6.	3000 meter	3:59.47	10 March 2018	Salt Lake City	Junior world record
7.	Team pursuit	2:59.55	11 March 2018	Salt Lake City	Junior world record

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Allround	Dutch Championships Junior Allround	European Championships Single Distances	European Championships Allround	World Championships Single Distances	World Championships Allround	World Championships Sprint	World Cup GWC	Viking Race	World Championships Junior
2013–14			TILBURG Junior C 18th 500m 14th 1500m 14th overall
2014–15			DEVENTER Junior C 13th 500m 14th 1500m 12th 1000m DNS 3000m NC overall
2015–16			ALKMAAR Junior B 7th 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall							B2 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall
2016–17	HEERENVEEN 13th 1500m		HEERENVEEN Junior A 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall								HELSINKI 14th 500m 4th 1500m 1500m 3000m allround 1000m 3000m
2017–18	HEERENVEEN 15th 500m 7th 1000m 6th 1500m		ENSCHEDE Junior A 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall								SALT LAKE CITY 5th 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m allround team pursuit
2018–19	HEERENVEEN 5th 1500m 6th 3000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall				INZELL team pursuit			8th 1500m 37th 3000/5000m
2019–20	HEERENVEEN 10th 1000m 1500m 8th 3000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 6th 3000m 1500m 5th 5000m 4th overall		HEERENVEEN 7th 1500m		SALT LAKE CITY 10th 1500m
2020–21	HEERENVEEN 8th 1500m 6th 3000m 5th 5000m	HEERENVEEN 8th 500m 7th 3000m 7th 1500m 6th 5000m 5th overall			HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 5th 3000m 1500m 5th 5000m 5th overall	HEERENVEEN 6th 3000m			4th 3000m
2021–22	HEERENVEEN 9th 1500m 4th 3000m 4th 5000m	HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall							36th 1500m 5th 3000/5000m
2022–23	HEERENVEEN 4th 1500m 3000m	HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 3000m 1500m 6th 5000m overall				HEERENVEEN 4th 3000m DQ team pursuit			6th 1500m 3000/5000m

Source:^[6][7]

World Cup overview

Season	1500 meter
2018–2019	10th	8th	–	1st (b)		6th
2020–2021	–	–
2021–2022	–	–	–	2nd(b)	–
2022–2023	7th	6th	11th	7th	5th	4th

Season	3000/5000 meter
2018–2019	–	–	–	–	1st (b)	–
2020–2021		5th
2021–2022	5th	11th*	7th	7th	8th
2022–2023	8th	4th	5th	4th	4th