Joel de Jong
{{Short description|Dutch Paralympic athlete (born 2002)}}
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| name = Joel de Jong
| image = Joel de Jong 2024 Summer Paralympics (cropped).jpg
| caption = Joel de Jong at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
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| nationality = Dutch
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|1|17|df=yes}}{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/joel-de-jong_3372723 |title=DE JONG Joel |work=Paris 2024 Paralympics |access-date=31 August 2024}} ([https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/joel-de-jong_3372723 alternate link], [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024-paralimpicos/atleta/joel-de-jong_3372723 alternate link 2])
| birth_place = Sneek, Netherlands
| sport = Para-athletics
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| disability_class = T63
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{{Medal|Sport|Para-athletics}}
{{MedalCountry|{{NED}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Paris | Long jump T63}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Paris|100 m T63}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Paris|Long jump T63}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Kobe|Long jump T63}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Kobe|100 m T63}}
}}
Joel de Jong (born 17 January 2002) is a Dutch para-athlete. He represented the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Career
De Jong represented the Netherlands at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a silver medal in the long jump T63 and a bronze medal in 100 metres T63 events.{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/kobe-2024-para-athletics-world-championships-leon-schaefer-sabrine-fortune-save-their-best-last-sunday |title=Kobe 2024: Leon Schaefer, Sabrine Fortune save their best for last on rainy Sunday |website=paralympic.org |date=19 May 2024 |access-date=31 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/kobe-2024-para-athletics-world-championships-defending-champions-men-s-events|title=Kobe 2024: Every defending world champion in the men's events |website=paralympic.org |date=13 May 2024 |access-date=31 August 2024}}
He represented the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a gold medal in the long jump T63 event with a world record jump of 7.68 metres, surpassing his previous world record of 7.67 metres.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-paralympics-para-athletics-a-day-for-world-record-breaking-and-history-making-at-the-stade-de-france |title=Para athletics: A Day for world record breaking and history making at the Stade De France |website=paralympic.org |first=Taylor |last=Mooney |date=31 August 2024 |access-date=31 August 2024}}
References
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Category:Paralympic athletes for the Netherlands
Category:Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen
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