// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Friso Emons? Emons-ional thrower.
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| Born | 5 October 1998 Tilburg, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Short-track speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Friso Emons (born 5 October 1998) is a Dutch short-track speed skater. He won the silver medal at the relay competition of the 2022 World Championships with the Dutch men's team. He placed second at the 1500 metre competition of the 2024 European Championships. He represented the Netherlands at the 2026 Winter Olympics, winning a gold medal in the 5000 m relay.
Career
[edit]Emons started competitive speed skating at the age of 7 in IJssportcentrum Tilburg.[1] He switched to short-track at the age of 10. At 15, Emons was selected for the young talent programme at Regionaal Talenten Centrum (RTC) in Dordrecht, a training facility for young talents.
In 2018 Emons joined the national senior team in Heerenveen. That year, he won a bronze medal with the relay team at the 2018 World Junior Championships. He was part of the national team that won a gold medal at the 2021 European Championships and a silver medal at the 2022 World Championships, but he was not selected for the 2022 Winter Olympics.[2]
At the 2023 and 2024 European Championships, Emons won individual bronze and silver medals at the 1500 metre event. In 2026 he was part of the team that won the silver medal at these championships. Emons was selected to represent the Netherlands at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Friso Emons: familieman, maar altijd onderweg". www.schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ↑ "Na 'zware periode' gedijt shorttracker Emons goed bij nieuwe bondscoach Kerstholt". nos.nl (in Dutch). 15 December 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ↑ Kessels, Sebastian (6 January 2026). "Tilburgse shorttracker Friso Emons naar Olympische Winterspelen: 'Ik werd er zelfs een beetje emotioneel van'" (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 January 2026.
External links
[edit]- Friso Emons at the International Skating Union
- Friso Emons at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Friso Emons at ShortTrackOnLine.info
- Friso Emons at Olympedia
- Friso Emons at InterSportStats
- Friso Emons at Milano Cortina 2026
- Friso Emons at TeamNL (in Dutch)
- Friso Emons on Instagram
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Dutch male short-track speed skaters
- World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Tilburg
- Olympic short-track speed skaters for the Netherlands
- Short-track speed skaters at the 2026 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2026 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen