Femke Kok is a Dutch long track speed skater who specializes particularly in the sprint distances, 500 and 1000 meters. When Femke was 3 years old she first got acquainted with 'skating' on natural ice. She loved it. Femke was not to be stopped from skating. From that day on, her love for skating was born. Now, 17 years later, she still enjoys going to training every day and she has her first individual World Championships senior medal in her pocket. Something Femke dreamed of as a little girl when she made her first meters on natural ice.
A quote who you are or what you stand for
Femke Kok thinks it's important that you become happy with the choices you make. So it doesn't matter what your choice will be as long as it makes you happy.
Highlight career
4x Worldcup win 500m, silver World Championships distances 500m, eight-time World Junior Champion and World record holder 500m juniors.
Pre-race habit
Femke's pre-race habit is that she always does the same thing. Her race day looks like this: breakfast, riding in, lunch, shower, standard warm up, race.
Dream Career
Femke's biggest dream is to one day become an Olympic champion. Furthermore, our hero hopes that she can continue practicing this beautiful sport for a long time with a lot of fun and good health.
Hobbies
Femke likes many things outside skating. Like cooking, shopping, traveling and doing fun things with family and friends. Femke also enjoys being on the water with her boat in the summer.
Guilty pleasure
Eating brownies. Femke is a real lover of chocolate.
Career
2018/2019
|World Championship juniors Baselga di PineItaly o 1500m
|1st Allround and team sprint 500m
|2nd 1000m & Team sprint
|Dutch champion sprint juniors
2019/2020
|World Championship juniors Poland 500m, 1000m, Allround, Team sprint & Teampersuit
|2nd 1500m
|1st World Championship distances Team sprint seniors
|Dutch champion Sprint juniors
|3rd NK Distances 500m seniors
|4th European Championship Distances 500m seniors 2020/2021
|2nd World Championship Distances 500m
|Worldcup Heerenveen o 500m 4x
|1st o 1000m 2x
|3rd European Sprint Championships
|1st NK Distances
|1st 500m
|2th 1000m
