Candy Jacobs

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Candy Jacobs
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1990-06-12) 12 June 1990 (age 34)
Tegelen, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSkateboarding
PositionGoofy-footed
Rank8th (June 2021)[1]
EventStreet

Candy Jacobs (born 12 June 1990) is a Dutch professional street skateboarder.[2] She won the silver medal at the 2018 European Skateboarding Championships. She competed at the World Skateboarding Championships in 2018, 2019, and 2020, and at the X Games in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, and 2019.[3]

She was scheduled to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but had to withdraw due to a positive COVID-19 test while in Japan a few days before the opening ceremony.[4][5]

Jacobs started skateboarding when she was 13 years old in highschool. She is the owner of a skatepark in Venlo that was opened in 2020. In January 2021, Jacobs underwent knee surgery for a torn meniscus and damaged cartilage after she had been struggling with knee issues for years.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Female". World Skate. 30 June 2021. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Candy Jacobs knokte op eigen kracht naar de skateboard-top". YoungCapital (in Dutch). 30 June 2021. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Athletes: JACOBS Candy (Skateboarding)". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.[dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Eerste coronageval Nederlandse ploeg in Tokio bij Candy Jacobs: 'Ik ben er kapot van'". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 21 July 2021. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Skateboardster Candy Jacobs test positief en moet streep zetten door Spelen: 'Enorme deceptie'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 21 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.


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