In December 2018 he received the Jaap Eden Trophy for being named Athlete of the Year by the Dutch Olympic Committee and Dutch Sports Federation [NOC*NSF]. (telegraaf.nl, 19 Dec 2018; nos.nl, 19 Dec 2018)

In April 2018 he was named an honorary citizen of Emmen in the Netherlands. (ad.nl, 08 Apr 2018)

In March 2018 he was made Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau in recognition of the two gold medals he won at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (shaatsen.nl, 26 Mar 2018; lintjes.nl, 2018)

In March 2018 he was the male recipient of the Ard Schenk Award, which is presented to the speed skater of the year in the Netherlands. (schaatsen.nl, 28 Mar 2018)

His father. (Athlete, 27 Jan 2017)

A groin injury meant he missed the 2022 World Cup event in Stavanger, Norway. (telegraaf.nl, 03 Nov 2022; ad.nl, 02 Nov 2022)

In July 2021 he was hospitalised with pericarditis [inflammation of the sac that surrounds the heart]. (rtlboulevard.nl, 22 Jul 2021)

He could not compete at the 2019 Dutch National Championships due to influenza. (rtlboulevard.nl, 26 Dec 2019)

He suffered a minor shoulder injury after he crashed while mountain biking in December 2016. He recovered in time to compete at the 2016 World Cup event in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (isu.org, 10 Dec 2016)

He was involved in a car accident when he was age 14 and sustained a severe concussion and broken eye sockets. (toyota.nl, 11 Sep 2023)

To compete at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (rtlnieuws.nl, 25 Oct 2022)

Winning gold in the men's 1000m at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (toyota.nl, 11 Sep 2023)

SPEED RECORD
In March 2022 he set a world record for the fastest speed achieved on ice skates, reaching a top speed of 103kph on the Savalen lake in Norway. He was protected from winds by an air shield pulled by a car. The record surpassed his own previous world record of 93kph, set in 2018 in Sweden. "I was literally flying over the ice. Skating that fast is technically challenging and requires precision. I skated more than two kilometres on each attempt, which I never do in competition. It was very hard on my body. This is really the maximum that is possible on skates." (insidethegames.biz, 21 Mar 2022; redbull.com, 17 Mar 2022; lequipe.fr, 29 Mar 2018)

HEART TROUBLE
In 2021 he was diagnosed with pericarditis [inflammation of the sac that surrounds the heart] after being vaccinated against COVID-19. The condition can be a rare side-effect of the vaccine. "If there's something wrong with your heart, it's scary. An ankle injury is annoying, but I still have to go through my whole life with my heart. All sorts of things were going through my head. Fortunately I have fully recovered from it and I try not to think about it any more. I accepted that I couldn't do anything about it, and then thought, 'What can I do to get fit again as soon as possible?' It wasn't until a month and a half before the [2022] Olympic Winter Games that I was back in the right flow and my self-confidence came back." (vriendin.nl, 13 Jul 2022; nu.nl, 29 Oct 2021)