Men
GER
Joel Dufter
GER- Date of birth18 Mar 1995
- Height187 CM
- ProfessionArmed Forces Athlete
- HometownInzell
- Place of birthTraunstein
- Start skating Club He took up the sport in 2009 in Inzell, Germany. DEC Inzell: Germany
- HobbiesMountain biking. (isu.org, 13 Mar 2021)
- LanguagesEnglish, German
- CoachN/A
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"Train hard or go home." (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)
Canadian ice hockey player Sidney Crosby. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)
His father. (Athlete, 28 Jan 2017)
He ruptured an adductor muscle in 2015. (Athlete, 28 Jan 2017)
Finishing in second place in the team sprint at the 2016 World Cup event in Nagano, Japan. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)
NORWEGIAN STINT
In mid-2021 he spent time training with the Norwegian national speed skating team and their Canadian coach Jeremy Wotherspoon as part of his preparations for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. "In Norway, the training sessions are intensive, but shorter than here in Germany, for example." (traunsteiner-tagblatt.de, 03 Nov 2021, 18 May 2021; Instagram profile, 10 Jul 2021, 05 Aug 2021)
In mid-2021 he spent time training with the Norwegian national speed skating team and their Canadian coach Jeremy Wotherspoon as part of his preparations for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. "In Norway, the training sessions are intensive, but shorter than here in Germany, for example." (traunsteiner-tagblatt.de, 03 Nov 2021, 18 May 2021; Instagram profile, 10 Jul 2021, 05 Aug 2021)
He has represented Germany in short track, and was part of the team that finished eighth in the 3000m relay at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Oct 2017)
Skating is popular in the area of Germany where he grew up and he liked the speed. He played ice hockey before moving on to short track and then speed skating.
