Tonny de Jong

Tonny de Jong

Tonny de Jong
Personal information
Born (1974-07-17) 17 July 1974
Scharsterbrug, Netherlands
Sport
Country Netherlands
Sport Speed skating
Turned pro 1995
Retired 2003
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
World Allround Championships
1997 Allround
1999 Allround
World Single Distance Championships
1999 3000 m
1999 1500 m
1999 5000 m
2000 5000 m
European Championships
1997 Allround
1999 Allround
1995 Allround
Dutch Allround Championships
1997 Allround
1998 Allround
2001 Allround
1995 Allround
1996 Allround
2000 Allround
Dutch Sprint Championships
1999 Sprint
Dutch Single Distance Championships
2001 1500 m
1996 3000 m
1997 3000 m
1998 3000 m
2001 3000 m
1996 5000 m
2001 5000 m
1998 1000 m
2000 1000 m
1993 1500 m
1994 1500 m
1998 1500 m
1997 1500 m
2000 1500 m
2000 3000 m
1993 5000 m
1994 5000 m
1997 5000 m

Tonny de Jong (born 17 July 1974) is a former Dutch 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 3000 m and the 5000 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]

At the 2002 Winter Olympics she had little success, but she did appear in a nude pictorial in the March issue of the Dutch Playboy.[4] After the following World Allround Championships she ended her speedskating career.

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 (3000 m) 1999 (1500 m)
1999 (5000 m)
2000 (5000 m)
World Cup 1997 (3000 / 5000 m) 1997 (1500 m) 1999 (1500 m)
European Allround 1997
1999 		1995
Dutch Allround 1997
1998
2001 		1995
1996
2000
Dutch Sprint 1999
Dutch Single Distance 1996 (3000 m)
1996 (5000 m)
1997 (3000 m)
1998 (3000 m)
2001 (1500 m)
2001 (3000 m)
2001 (5000 m) 		1993 (1500 m)
1993 (5000 m)
1994 (1500 m)
1994 (5000 m)
1997 (5000 m)
1998 (1000 m)
1998 (1500 m)
2000 (1000 m)
2000 (3000 m) 		1997 (1500 m)
2000 (1500 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.

DistanceTimeDateVenueWR
500 m39.3627 January 2002Calgary37.22
1000 m1:16.2321 February 1999Calgary1:14.96
1500 m1:56.0220 February 2002Salt Lake City1:54.38
3000 m4:00.4910 February 2002Salt Lake City3:59.26
5000 m7:01.1723 February 2002Salt Lake City6:52.44
Small combination163.49710 January 1999Heerenveen163.020

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

References

  1. ↑ Goos Bies (2 January 2003). "Tonny de Jong voelt zich bevrijd en leidt totaal ander leven". Friesch Dagblad.
  2. ↑ Magne Teigen (11 January 2009). "MEDAL WINNERS (Top 3) in EUROPEAN ALLROUND CHAMPIONSHIPS 1970-2009" (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.
  4. ↑ "Tonny de Jong poseert naakt", rieplachte on 30 september 2008


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


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