Carry Geijssen
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Speed Skating | |||
| Gold | 1968 Grenoble | 1,000 m | |
| Silver | 1968 Grenoble | 1,500 m | |
Carolina ("Carry") Cornelia Catharina Geijssen (born 11 January 1947 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.
Carry Geijssen won silver at the Dutch Allround Championships in 1965 (a feat she would repeat in 1967 and 1968). In 1966, she became Dutch Allround Champion. At the 1968 World Allround Championships in Helsinki, she won bronze behind Stien Kaiser and Ans Schut, making the podium entirely Dutch.
Geijssen then participated in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, where she became Olympic Champion on the 1,000 m in a new Olympic record time. This made her the first Dutch Olympic Champion in speed skating in Olympic history. The next day, Ans Schut (on the 3,000 m) would become the second, while Kees Verkerk (on the 1,500 m) would become the third Dutch Olympic Champion in speed skating four days after that. Geijssen went on to win Olympic silver on the 1,500 m, just 0.3 seconds behind winner Kaija Mustonen.
After that, Geijssen remained active for several more years, but did not have any more major results. She ended her speed skating career in 1971.
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| Olympic champions in women's 1000 m speed skating |
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| 1960: Klara Guseva | 1964: Lidia Skoblikova | 1968: Carry Geijssen | 1972: Monika Pflug | 1976: Tatyana Averina | 1980: Natalya Petruseva | 1984: Karin Enke | 1988: Christa Rothenburger | 1992: Bonnie Blair | 1994: Bonnie Blair | 1998: Marianne Timmer | 2002: Chris Witty | 2006: Marianne Timmer |
