Teun Boer
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| Born | 5 May 2001 Nijmegen, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Short-track speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | RTC Noord Shorttrack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teun Boer (born 5 May 2001) is a Dutch short-track speed skater. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 5000 m relay. He won the gold medal with the mixed relay team at the 2023 World Championships.
Career
Boer joined in 2017 the Regionaal Talentencentrum (RTC) in Dordrecht, a training facility for young talents. Three years later, he moved to the RTC in Heerenveen and enrolled at the Johan Cruyff Academy of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences.[1][2]
He made his international debut at the 2020 World Junior Short-track Championships in Bormio. In 2021 he joined the national senior short-track speed skating team.[3] Boer was part of the Dutch team with Suzanne Schulting, Xandra Velzeboer and Jens van ´t Wout that won the 2000 metre relay race at the 2023 World Championships. In 2025 and 2026 he won silver at the European Championships 500m race. Boer represented the Netherlands at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
References
- ^ "Teun Boer hard op weg naar de top". cruyffacademy.nl. Archived from the original on 16 September 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ^ Groningen, HanzeHogeschool. "'Balanceren tussen topsport en studie' | Hanze". Hanze Hogeschool Groningen (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ^ "Shorttracker Teun Boer wil relays rijden op hoog niveau". www.schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 January 2026.
External links
- Teun Boer at the International Skating Union
- Teun Boer at ShortTrackOnLine.info
- Teun Boer at Olympedia
- Teun Boer at InterSportStats
- Teun Boer at Milano Cortina 2026
- Teun Boer at TeamNL (in Dutch)