de JONG Joel

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
European Championships
2	Long Jump - T63	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	6.63
3	100m - T63	2018	Berlin, GER	14.17
3	Men's 4 x 100m Relay T42-47/61-64	2018	Berlin, GER	45.63
4	100m - T63	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	12.69

Sports, listening to music. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2018; hva.nl, 16 Feb 2021)

Athlete

Physiotherapy - Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Dutch, English

AV Hollandia [Hoorn, NED]

Frank Dik, NED, from 2016; Guido Bonsen, NED, from 2016

His brother Jelke has played tennis at national junior level. (harlingenboeit.nl, 08 May 2018)

He has played amputee tennis at national youth level. (harlingenboeit.nl, 08 May 2018)

2017 for Netherlands, Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany (Athlete, 20 Aug 2018)

He first tried Para athletics in 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, before joining the AV Hollandia club in Hoorn, Netherlands. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2018)

He used to play football but kept breaking his prosthetic leg. His prosthetic maker advised him to go along to the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where there was an opportunity to try out a running blade. "I wasn't into athletics but I didn't want to disappoint my prosthetic maker so I went along. I was invited, together with 11 other children from all over the Netherlands, to participate in a small competition during the European championships in Amsterdam. We were given a blade, on which we were also allowed to train that summer. It felt like a liberation." (YouTube channel, 28 Jan 2017; Athlete, 20 Aug 2018; Facebook page, 06 Aug 2021; atletiek.nl, 18 May 2021)

To win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games. (omropfryslan.nl, 08 Jan 2018; hva.nl, 16 Feb 2021)

He trains 10 times a week at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (seunmagazine.nl, 11 Nov 2020)

Winning bronze in the T63 100m at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (hva.nl, 16 Feb 2021)

German Para athlete Heinrich Popow. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2018)

His mother, and coaches Frank Dik and Guido Bonsen. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2018)