Tonny de Jong

Tonny de Jong (born July 17, 1974 in Scharsterbrug, the Netherlands) is a former speed skater who was raised in Heerenveen and now lives in Calgary with Canadian speed skater Mark Knoll, whom she married in 2003.[1]

She won three Dutch Allround Championships and numerous gold medals on the 3,000 m and the 5,000 m at the Dutch Single Distance Championships. In 1997 and 1999 she became European Allround Champion.[2] De Jong was the first skater who mastered the clap skate.[3]

After the 2002 Winter Olympics, where she had little success, she ended her speed skating career.

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Medals

An overview of medals won by De Jong at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:

Championships Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal
Winter Olympics
World Allround 1997
1999
World Sprint
World Single Distance 1999 (3,000 m) 1999 (1,500 m)
1999 (5,000 m)
2000 (5,000 m)
World Cup 1997 (3,000 / 5,000 m) 1997 (1,500 m) 1999 (1,500 m)
European Allround 1997
1999		 1995
Dutch Allround 1997
1998
2001		 1995
1996
2000
Dutch Sprint 1999
Dutch Single Distance 1996 (3,000 m)
1996 (5,000 m)
1997 (3,000 m)
1998 (3,000 m)
2001 (1,500 m)
2001 (3,000 m)
2001 (5,000 m)		 1993 (1,500 m)
1993 (5,000 m)
1994 (1,500 m)
1994 (5,000 m)
1997 (5,000 m)
1998 (1,000 m)
1998 (1,500 m)
2000 (1,000 m)
2000 (3,000 m)		 1997 (1,500 m)
2000 (1,500 m)

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the last column (WR) lists the official world records on the dates that De Jong skated her personal records.

Distance Time Date Venue WR
500 m 39.36 27 January 2002 Calgary 37.22
1,000 m 1:16.23 21 February 1999 Calgary 1:14.96
1,500 m 1:56.02 20 February 2002 Salt Lake City 1:54.38
3,000 m 4:00.49 10 February 2002 Salt Lake City 3:59.26
5,000 m 7:01.17 23 February 2002 Salt Lake City 6:52.44
Small combination 163.497 10 January 1999 Heerenveen 163.020

De Jong has an Adelskalender score of 160.231. Her highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a 3rd place.

References

  1. ^ Goos Bies (2 Jan 2003). "Tonny de Jong voelt zich bevrijd en leidt totaal ander leven". Friesch Dagblad. http://www.frieschdagblad.nl/index.asp?artID=9855. 
  2. ^ Magne Teigen (11 Jan 2009). "MEDAL WINNERS (Top 3) in EUROPEAN ALLROUND CHAMPIONSHIPS 1970-2009". http://www.skoyteforbundet.no/filarkiv/statistikk/2009/2009_EM-Med.pdf. 
  3. ^ C.W. Nevius (5 February 1998). "Clap Skate Draws Boos From Traditionalists / Frustrated U.S. speedsters say invention changed sport for worse". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://articles.sfgate.com/1998-02-05/sports/17713831_1_clap-skates-skaters-blade. 

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Awards
Preceded by
Ingrid Haringa		 Dutch Sportswoman of the Year
1997		 Succeeded by
Marianne Timmer