Joy Beune (born 28 April 1999) is a Dutch allround speed skater who specialises 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.
In 2018 she became a member of Team LottoNL-Jumbo, signing a contract for two years. In 2022 she moved to Team IKO, and in 2023 she prolonged her contract until season 2025–2026.
At the , Beune missed out on qualification for the Olympic 1500 m race despite being the reigning world champion in that distance. She did manage, however, to secure herself a place in the Olympic squad for the 3000 metres and team pursuit events. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Beune won a silver medal in the team pursuit. She placed fourth in the 3000 m.
Personal life Beune has been in a relationship with fellow speed skater and three-time Olympic champion Kjeld Nuis since 2019. The pair live together in Heerenveen.
Records Personal records
At the end of the 2023 speed skating season, Beune occupied the 12th position on the Adelskalender with a score of 157.598 points
World records established Nr.EventResultDateLocationNotes 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 Championships Allround World Championships Sprint World Cup GWC Viking Race World Championships Junior 2013–14 18th 500m 14th 1500m 14th overall 2014–15 13th 500m 14th 1500m 12th 1000m DNS 3000m NC overall 2015–16 7th 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall 2016–17 13th 1500m 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall 14th 500m 4th 1500m 1500m 3000m allround 1000m 3000m 2017–18 15th 500m 7th 1000m 6th 1500m 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall 5th 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m allround team pursuit 2018–19 5th 1500m 6th 3000m 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall team pursuit 8th 1500m 37th 3000/5000m 2019–20 10th 1000m 1500m 8th 3000m 500m 6th 3000m 1500m 5th 5000m 4th overall 7th 1500m 10th 1500m 2020–21 8th 1500m 6th 3000m 5th 5000m 8th 500m 7th 3000m 7th 1500m 6th 5000m 5th overall 7th 500m 5th 3000m 1500m 5th 5000m 5th overall 6th 3000m 4th 3000m 2021–22 9th 1500m 4th 3000m 4th 5000m 6th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall 36th 1500m 5th 3000/5000m 2022–23 4th 1500m 3000m 6th 500m 3000m 1500m 6th 5000m overall 4th 3000m DQ team pursuit 6th 1500m 3000/5000m Source:
World Cup overview Season1500 meter 2018–2019 10th 8th – 1st (b) 6th 2020–2021 – – 2021–2022 – – – 2nd(b) – 2022–2023 7th 6th 11th 7th 5th 4th Season 3000/5000 meter 2018–2019 – – – – 1st (b) – 2020–2021 5th 2021–2022 5th 11th* 7th 7th 8th 2022–2023 8th 4th 5th 4th 4th
References
External links
Joy Beune at Milano Cortina 2026