Femke Kok
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 2000 Nij Beets, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 500 m, 1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Team Reggeborgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Femke Kok (pronounced [ˈfɛmkə ˈkɔk]; born 5 October 2000) is a Dutch speed skater who specializes in the sprint distances. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 500 metres event, setting a new Olympic record, and a silver medal in the 1000 metres event.
Career
[edit]Kok became junior world champion at the 2019 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in February 2019 in Baselga di Pinè, Italy.[1] In December 2019 Kok finished third at the 500m at the Dutch Single Distance Championships which qualified her for the European and World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships.[2]
Records
[edit]Personal records
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| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 500 m | 36.09 | 16 November 2025 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | WR |
| 1000 m | 1:12.36 | 22 November 2025 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 1500 m | 1:52.69 | 4 October 2025 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
| 3000 m | 4:14.33 | 29 September 2019 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
World records
[edit]| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| Sprint combination | 1:51.99 | 25–26 January 2020 | Thialf, Heerenveen | Junior world record |
| Team sprint | 1:24.029 | 13 February 2020 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | Together With Jutta Leerdam and Letitia de Jong |
| 500 m | 36.09 | 16 November 2025 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | World record |
Olympic records
[edit]| Nr. | Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 1. | Women's 1000m | 1:12.59 | 9 February 2026 | Milano Speed Skating Stadium, Milan | Record beaten by her teammate Jutta Leerdam shortly after |
| 2. | Women's 500m | 36.49 | 15 February 2026 | Milano Speed Skating Stadium, Milan |
Tournament overview
[edit]Season |
Dutch Championships Single Distances |
Dutch Championships Sprint |
European Championships Single Distances |
European Championships Sprint |
World Championships Single Distances |
World Championships Sprint |
Olympic Games |
World Cup GWC |
World Championships Junior |
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2018–19 |
HEERENVEEN 5th 500m 8th 1000m 13th 1500m |
BASELGA di PINÉ  500m 1500m  1000m 8th 3000m overall team sprint team pursuit
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2019–20 |
HEERENVEEN  500m 7th 1000m 14th 1500m |
HEERENVEEN 500m 6th 1000m 500m 1000m overall |
HEERENVEEN team sprint 4th 500m |
SALT LAKE CITY 9th 500m team sprint |
43rd 500m |
TOMASZÓW MAZOWIECKI 500m 1500m 1000m 4th 3000m overall team sprint team pursuit
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2020–21 |
HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m |
HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall |
HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall |
HEERENVEEN 500m |
500m 1000m |
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2021–22 |
HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m |
HEERENVEEN 500 m 1000 m |
HAMAR 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall team sprint |
BEIJING 6th 500 m |
4th 500m 6th 1000m |
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2022–23 |
HEERENVEEN 500m 4th 1000m |
HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall |
HAMAR 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall |
HEERENVEEN 500m |
9th 500m 42nd 1000m |
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2023–24 |
HEERENVEEN 500m DNF 1000m |
HEERENVEEN 500 m team sprint |
CALGARY 500m |
INZELL 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall |
500m 5th 1000m |
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2024–25 |
HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m |
HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m WDR 500m - 1000m NC overall |
HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall |
HAMAR 500m 1000m |
10th 500m |
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2025–26 |
HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m |
MILANO CORTINA 500m 1000m |
World Cup overview
[edit]| Season | 500 meter | ||||||||||
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| 2019–20 | – | – | – | – | – | 4th(b) | – | ||||
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| 2021–22 | 11th | 8th | 12th | 9th | |
5th | – | – | |
4th | |
| 2022–23 | 12th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 7th | – | |||||
| 2023–24 | |
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4th | |
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| 2024–25 | – | – | – | – | |
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| 2021–22 | 10th | 17th | 5th | – | 5th | ||
| 2022–23 | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | |
| 2023–24 | 4th | - | 1st(b) | 4th | 10th | |
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| 2024–25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Medals won
[edit]| Championship | Gold
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Silver
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Bronze
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| Dutch Single Distances | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Dutch Sprint | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dutch Sprint distances | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| European Single Distances | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| World Single Distances | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| World Junior Allround | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| World Junior Single Distances | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| World Cup GWC | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| European Sprint | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| European Sprint distances | 2 | 4 | 2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Femke Kok vol ongeloof: 'Wat was er nou eigenlijk gebeurd?'". Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Schaatstalent Femke Kok na onverwacht WK-ticket: 'Moet even kijken of ik dan kan'". Sportnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 28 December 2019.
- ^ "Femke Kok". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Femke Kok". SpeedSkatingNews.
- ^ "Femke Kok". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Femke Kok". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
External links
[edit]- Femke Kok at the International Skating Union (archived former page)
- Femke Kok at SpeedSkatingNews.info
- Femke Kok at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Femke Kok at Olympics.com
- Femke Kok at Olympedia
- Femke Kok at InterSportStats
- Femke Kok at TeamNL (in Dutch)
- Femke Kok on Instagram
- Femke Kok news 500m world record 500 m World Record Femke Kok
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Categories:
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Dutch female speed skaters
- Speed skaters from Friesland
- World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
- Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands
- World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists
- 21st-century Dutch sportswomen
- Sports world record holders
- Speed skaters at the 2026 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2026 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in speed skating