# Dai Dai N'tab

Dai Dai N'tab (born 17 August 1994) is a Dutch professional long track speed skater who specializes in the sprint distances. He is a member of Team Plantina. He has a Senegalese father and a Dutch mother.

## Career

At the 2016 Dutch Sprint Championships he finished 12th but won the second 500m.
On 3 December 2016 he won the 500 m at the third World Cup of the 2016/17 season, held in Astana. It was his first World Cup win and in doing so he improved his personal record by 0.44s and set a new track record.
He studied Communication and Marketing at the Johan Cruyff College in Groningen.

## Personal records

Personal records :
| Men's speed skating |||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
| 500 meter | 34.15 | 9 December 2017 | Salt Lake City | |
| 1000 meter | 1:08.39 | 28 December 2020 | Heerenveen | |
| 1500 meter | 1:50.56 | 22 March 2015 | Calgary | |
| 3000 meter | 4:24.35 | 8 October 2015 | Heerenveen | |

## Tournament overview

| Season | Dutch Championships Junior | Dutch Championships Single Distances | Dutch Championships Sprint | World Championships Sprint | World Championships Single Distances | World Cup Classification GWC | World Championships Junior | European Championships Single Distances |
| 2013–14 | TILBURG 500m[1] 500m[2] 8th 1000m 500m samalog | HEERENVEEN 16th 500m[1] 19th 500m[2] 18th 500m samalog | | | | | BJUGN 500m 14th 1000m | |
| 2014–15 | | HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 16th 1000m | GRONINGEN 4th 500m 24th 1000m 6th 500m 17th 1000m 18th overall | | | 29th 500m | | |
| 2015–16 | | HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 13th 1000m | HEERENVEEN 10th 500m 20th 1000m 500m 14th 1000m 12th overall | | | | | |
| 2016–17 | | HEERENVEEN 500m 10th 1000m | HEERENVEEN 500m 11th 1000m 500m 8th 1000m 4th overall | | GANGNEUNG DQ 500m | 500m | | |
| 2017–18 | | HEERENVEEN 500m 7th 1000m | HEERENVEEN 500m 4th 1000m 500m 4th 1000m overall | | | 8th 500m 41st 1000m | | |
| 2018–19 | | HEERENVEEN 500m 6th 1000m | HEERENVEEN 500m 5th 1000m 500m 6th 1000m overall | | | 15th 500m 43rd 1000m | | |
| 2019–20 | | HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m | | HAMAR 10th 500m 13th 1000m 6th 500m 11th 1000m 9th overall | SALT LAKE CITY 13th 500m team sprint | 7th 500m 20th 1000m | | HEERENVEEN 500m 6th 1000m |
| 2020–21 | | HEERENVEEN 500m 6th 1000m | HEERENVEEN 500m 6th 1000m 500m 6th 1000m overall | | HEERENVEEN 500m | 500m 5th 1000m | | |
| 2021–22 | | HEERENVEEN 500m 7th 1000m | HEERENVEEN 500m DQ 1000m DNS 500m DNS 1000m NC overall | | | 12th 500m | | |
| 2022–23 | | HEERENVEEN 500m[1] 5th 500m[2] 5th 500m samalog 9th 1000m | HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 14th 1000m DQ 500m DNS 1000m NC overall | | HEERENVEEN 7th 500m | 9th 500m | | |
Source:

## World Cup overview

| Season | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter | 500 meter |
| 2014–2015 | – | – | 1st(b) | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016–2017 | 4th(b) | 9th | 11th | | 4th | 12th | 14th | 12th | | | | |
| 2017–2018 | 5th | 19th | 17th | 8th | 13th | 4th | | 15th | 8th | 6th | | |
| 2018–2019 | 15th | 5th | 7th | 12th | 9th | DQ | 5th | | – | – | – | |
| 2019–2020 | | 9th | 15th | 11th | 5th | 14th | 7th | 6th | | | | |
| 2020–2021 | | | | 6th | | | | | | | | |
| 2021–2022 | 14th | 14th | 13th | 6th | 12th | 10th | – | – | 14th | 10th | | |
| 2022–2023 | 10th | 7th | 17th | 8th | – | | | | | | | |
| Season | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter |
| 2014–2015 | | | | | | |
| 2016–2017 | | | | | | |
| 2017–2018 | | | | | | |
| 2018–2019 | – | – | 16th(b) | 5th(b) | – | – |
| 2019–2020 | 10th | 9th | 14th | – | – | |
| 2020–2021 | 7th | 5th | – | | | |
| 2021–2022 | – | – | – | | | |
| 2022–2023 | | | | | | |
| Season | Team sprint | Team sprint | Team sprint | Team sprint | Team sprint |
| 2014–2015 | | | | | |
| 2016–2017 | | | | | |
| 2017–2018 | | | | | |
| 2018–2019 | | | | | |
| 2019–2020 | – | – | – | – | 5th |
| 2020–2021 | | | | | |
| 2021–2022 | | | | | |
| 2022–2023 | | | | | |
Source:
* GWC = Grand World Cup
* – = Did not participate
* DQ = Disqualified
* (b) = World Cup division B