Candy Jacobs

{{short description|Dutch street skateboarder}}

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| birth_place = Tegelen, Netherlands

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| sport = Skateboarding

| position = Goofy-footed

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Candy Jacobs (born 12 June 1990) is a Dutch professional street skateboarder.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-30|title=Candy Jacobs knokte op eigen kracht naar de skateboard-top|url=https://www.youngcapital.nl/weblog/4918-candy-jacobs-knokte-op-eigen-kracht-naar-de-skateboard-top|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-22|website=YoungCapital|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814055859/https://www.youngcapital.nl/weblog/4918-candy-jacobs-knokte-op-eigen-kracht-naar-de-skateboard-top |archive-date=14 August 2020 }} She won the silver medal at the 2018 European Skateboarding Championships. She competed at the World Skateboarding Championships in 2018, 2019, and 2020, and at the X Games in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, and 2019.{{Cite web|title=Athletes: JACOBS Candy (Skateboarding)|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/skateboarding/athlete-profile-n1458360-jacobs-candy.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-22|website=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722074052/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/skateboarding/athlete-profile-n1458360-jacobs-candy.htm |archive-date=2021-07-22 }}

She was scheduled to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but had to withdraw due to a positive COVID-19 test while in Japan a few days before the opening ceremony.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-21|title=Eerste coronageval Nederlandse ploeg in Tokio bij Candy Jacobs: 'Ik ben er kapot van'|url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/2142171894/eerste-coronageval-nederlandse-ploeg-in-tokio-bij-candy-jacobs-ik-ben-er-kapot-van|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-22|website=De Telegraaf|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721092012/https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/2142171894/eerste-coronageval-nederlandse-ploeg-in-tokio-bij-candy-jacobs-ik-ben-er-kapot-van |archive-date=21 July 2021 }}{{Cite web|date=2021-07-21|title=Skateboardster Candy Jacobs test positief en moet streep zetten door Spelen: 'Enorme deceptie'|url=https://www.ad.nl/olympische-spelen/skateboardster-candy-jacobs-test-positief-en-moet-streep-zetten-door-spelen-enorme-deceptie~a07f5fa3/|access-date=2021-07-22|website=Algemeen Dagblad|language=nl}}

Jacobs started skateboarding when she was 13 years old in highschool. She is the owner of a skatepark in Venlo that was opened in 2020. In January 2021, Jacobs underwent knee surgery for a torn meniscus and damaged cartilage after she had been struggling with knee issues for years.