Men
NED
Tijmen Snel
NED- Date of birth11 Dec 1997
- Height1810 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownHeerenveen
- Place of birthAmsterdam
- Start skating / Club He took up the sport at age six in Leiden, Netherlands. At age 10 he became a member of the IJssport Vereniging Leiden speed skating club. / Team Jumbo-Visma [NED] / IJssport Vereniging Leiden [NED]:
- HobbiesPlaying video games. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
- LanguagesDutch, English
- Other nameFredje, Snelle Tijmen ['Fast Times', a play on his name]. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023; swabo-cyclingteam.nl, 31 Dec 2020)
- CoachJac Orie [Jumbo-Visma], NED; Rintje Ritsma [national], NED
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"Better than yesterday." (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
Italian road cyclist Marco Pantani. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
His coaches. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
In 2022 he fractured his hand and needed about two weeks to recover. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
To compete at the Olympic Winter Games. (schaatsen.nl, 03 Mar 2021)
Winning the sprint combination title at the 2022 Dutch National Sprint Championships in Heerenveen. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
He has competed in road cycling at the Dutch U23 national championships. (procyclingstats.com, 24 Jun 2017)
His father took him ice skating at a rink in Leiden, Netherlands. "My parents did it and I first got in touch with the sport through them. Later on I mostly enjoyed the speed of it."
Jac Orie [Jumbo-Visma], NED; Rintje Ritsma [national], NED
