Joy Beune

Beune (2022)

Personal information

Nationality

Dutch

Born

28 April 1999 (age 24)
Borne, Netherlands

Height

1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

Weight

60 kg (132 lb)

Sport

Country

Netherlands

Sport

Speed skating

Event(s)

1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m

Turned pro

2018

Medal record

Women's speed skating

Representing the Netherlands
World Single Distances Championships
	2024 Calgary	Team pursuit
	2019 Inzell	Team pursuit
European Championships
	2024 Heerenveen	Team pursuit
	2024 Heerenveen	1500 m
Junior World Championships
	2017 Warsaw	3000m
	2017 Warsaw	Allround
	2018 Utah	Allround
	2018 Utah	1000m
	2018 Utah	1500m
	2018 Utah	3000m

Joy Beune (born 28 April 1999) is a Dutch allround speed skater who is specialized in the middle distances.

Career

Beune won the silver medal at the 2017 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Warsaw. The following year, at the 2018 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Utah, she became junior world champion. She won the 1000 m, 1500 m and 3000 m events and set world junior records at these distances.^[1]^[2]

In 2018 she became a member of Team LottoNL-Jumbo, signing a contract for two years.^[3] In 2022 she moved to Team IKO, and in 2023 she prolonged her contract until season 2025-2026.

Records

Personal records

Event	Result	Date	Location
Personal records^[4]
Speed skating
500 m	38.69	9 March 2018	Salt Lake City
1000 m	1:14.21	10 March 2018	Salt Lake City
1500 m	1:52.23	27 January 2024	Salt Lake City
3000 m	3:56.86	26 January 2024	Salt Lake City
5000 m	6:52.97	30 December 2023	Heerenveen

At the end of the 2023 speed skating season, Beune occupied the 12th position on the Adelskalender with a score of 157.598 points^[5]

World records established

Nr.	Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
1.	Team sprint	1:28.40	25 November 2017	Inzell	Junior world record
2.	Team pursuit	3:02.72	3 March 2018	Salt Lake City	Junior world record
3.	1500 meter	1:54.21	9 March 2018	Inzell	Junior world record
4.	Mini-combination	153.776	9/10 March 2018	Salt Lake City	Junior world record
5.	1000 meter	1:14.21	10 March 2018	Salt Lake City	Junior world record
6.	3000 meter	3:59.47	10 March 2018	Salt Lake City	Junior world record
7.	Team pursuit	2:59.55	11 March 2018	Salt Lake City	Junior world record

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Allround	Dutch Championships Junior Allround	European Championships Single Distances	European Championships Allround	World Championships Single Distances	World Cup GWC	Viking Race	World Championships Junior
2013–14			TILBURG Junior C 18th 500m 14th 1500m 14th overall
2014–15			DEVENTER Junior C 13th 500m 14th 1500m 12th 1000m DNS 3000m NC overall
2015–16			ALKMAAR Junior B 7th 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall					B2 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall
2016–17	HEERENVEEN 13th 1500m		HEERENVEEN Junior A 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall						HELSINKI 14th 500m 4th 1500m 1500m 3000m allround 1000m 3000m
2017–18	HEERENVEEN 15th 500m 7th 1000m 6th 1500m		ENSCHEDE Junior A 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall						SALT LAKE CITY 5th 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m allround team pursuit
2018–19	HEERENVEEN 5th 1500m 6th 3000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall				INZELL team pursuit	8th 1500m 37th 3000/5000m
2019–20	HEERENVEEN 10th 1000m 1500m 8th 3000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 6th 3000m 1500m 5th 5000m 4th overall		HEERENVEEN 7th 1500m		SALT LAKE CITY 10th 1500m
2020–21	HEERENVEEN 8th 1500m 6th 3000m 5th 5000m	HEERENVEEN 8th 500m 7th 3000m 7th 1500m 6th 5000m 5th overall			HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 5th 3000m 1500m 5th 5000m 5th overall	HEERENVEEN 6th 3000m	4th 3000m
2021–22	HEERENVEEN 9th 1500m 4th 3000m 4th 5000m	HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall					36th 1500m 5th 3000/5000m
2022–23	HEERENVEEN 4th 1500m 3000m	HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 3000m 1500m 6th 5000m overall				HEERENVEEN 4th 3000m DQ team pursuit	6th 1500m 3000/5000m