| Born | (1987-06-07) 7 June 1987 (age 37) Drachten, Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Individual honours | |
| 2015 | Long Track World Champion |
| 2013, 2014, 2015 | European Grasstrack Champion |
| 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | Dutch Grasstrack Champion |
| 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 | Dutch Speedway Champion |
| Team honours | |
| 2013, 2016, 2023 | World Longtrack Team champion |
Jannick de Jong (born 7 June 1987) is a Dutch former motorcycle racer. Hecompeted primarily in longtrack and grasstrack. He was the 2015 world champion in longtrack.
Career
De Jong represented the Netherlands national long track team in the World Longtrack Championship from 2007 to 2023 and on three occasions has won the World championship titles at the 2013 Team Long Track World Championship in Folkestone, England, 2016 Team Long Track World Championship in Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic and in 2023, when he was part of the Netherlands team, along with Romano Hummel, Dave Meijerink and Mika Meijer, that won the 2023 Team Long Track World Championship.
The highlight of his career was becoming the Long Track World Champion in 2015. In addition he has won the European Grasstrack Champion three times in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Major results
World Longtrack Championship
Grand-Prix
- 2005 - 4 apps (12th) 31pts
- 2006 - 2 apps (17th) 10pts
- 2007 - 3 apps (11th) 28pts
- 2008 - 4 apps (9th) 33pts
- 2009 - 4 apps (10th) 42pts
- 2010 - 6 apps (9th) 70pts
- 2011 - 0 apps
- 2012 - 6 apps (9th) 74pts
- 2013 - 6 apps (Second) 97pts
- 2014 - 4 apps (Second) 72pts
- 2015 - 4 apps (First) 75pts
- 2016 - 5 apps (Second) 101pts
- 2017 - 1 apps (15th) 24pts
- 2022 - 1 apps (19th) 10pts
Best Grand-Prix Results
Eenrum Second 2016, Third 2013
Forssa First 2016, Third 2013
Herxheim am Berg First 2014, 2017
Marmande First 2014, Second 2010, 2013- Morizès First 2015
- Mühldorf Third 2016
- Vechta Second 2016
World Team Championship
- 2007 Morizès (5th) 32pts (Rode with Dirk Fabriek, Theo Pijper, Erik Eijbergen)
- 2008 Werlte (Second) 45pts (Rode with Dirk Fabriek, Erik Eijbergen, Mark Stiekema)
- 2009 Eenrum (Second) 46pts (Rode with Dirk Fabriek, Theo Pijper, Mark Stiekema)
- 2011 Scheeßel (Second) 38pts (Rode with Sjoerd Rozenberg, Mark Stiekema, Jeffrey Woortman)
- 2013
Folkestone (First) 65pts (Rode with Dirk Fabriek, Theo Pijper, Mark Stiekema)) - 2014 Forssa (Second) 41pts (Rode with Dirk Fabriek, Theo Pijper, Henry van der Steen)
- 2015 Mühldorf (Fifth) 31pts (Rode with Henry van der Steen & Sjoerd Rozenberg)
- 2016
Mariánské Lázně (First) 46pts (Rode with Theo Pijper, Dirk Fabriek, Romano Hummel) - 2023 Roden (First) 64pts (Rode with Dave Meijerink, Mika Meijer, Romano Hummel)
Grasstrack European Championship
- 2004 Eenrum (10th) 11pts
- 2005 Schwarme (17th) 4pts
- 2006 La Réole (9th) 10pts
- 2007 Folkestone (7th) 11pts
- 2008 Siddeburen (11th) 8pts
- 2009 Berghaupten (7th) 14pts
- 2010 La Réole (5th) 12pts
- 2011 Skegness (Second) 10pts
- 2012 Eenrum (Third) 16pts
- 2013 Bielefeld (Champion) 19pts
- 2014 Saint-Macaire (Champion) 20pts
- 2015 Staphorst (Champion) 19pts
- 2016 Folkestone (6th) 17pts
Dutch Grasstrack Championship
- 2003 (Third)
- 2004 (Champion)
- 2005 (8th)
- 2006 (Champion)
- 2007 (Champion)
- 2008 (Third)
- 2009 (6th)
- 2010 (Third)
- 2011 (Champion)
- 2012 (Second)
- 2013 (Champion)
- 2014 (Champion)
- 2015 (Champion)
- 2016 (Champion)
References
- "Profile". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- "Interview with Jannick de Jong". MotoPlus. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- "24 September 2023 in Roden". Bahn Sport (In Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- "De Jong wins World Cup title". NWZ online. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- "Jannick de Jong is er weer bij - kijkt anders". sa24. Retrieved 2 September 2024.