Tonny de Jong
Tonny de Jong
Personal information
Born (1974-07-17) 17 July 1974
Scharsterbrug, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro1995
Retired2003
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
World Allround Championships
Bronze medal – third place1997Allround
Bronze medal – third place1999Allround
World Single Distance Championships
Silver medal – second place19993000 m
Bronze medal – third place19991500 m
Bronze medal – third place19995000 m
Bronze medal – third place20005000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1997Allround
Gold medal – first place1999Allround
Bronze medal – third place1995Allround
Dutch Allround Championships
Gold medal – first place1997Allround
Gold medal – first place1998Allround
Gold medal – first place2001Allround
Silver medal – second place1995Allround
Silver medal – second place1996Allround
Silver medal – second place2000Allround
Dutch Sprint Championships
Bronze medal – third place1999Sprint
Dutch Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place20011500 m
Gold medal – first place19963000 m
Gold medal – first place19973000 m
Gold medal – first place19983000 m
Gold medal – first place20013000 m
Gold medal – first place19965000 m
Gold medal – first place20015000 m
Silver medal – second place19981000 m
Silver medal – second place20001000 m
Silver medal – second place19931500 m
Silver medal – second place19941500 m
Silver medal – second place19981500 m
Bronze medal – third place19971500 m
Bronze medal – third place20001500 m
Silver medal – second place20003000 m
Silver medal – second place19935000 m
Silver medal – second place19945000 m
Silver medal – second place19975000 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 medalSilver medalBronze medal
Winter Olympics
World Allround1997
1999
World Sprint
World Single Distance1999 (3000 m)1999 (1500 m)
1999 (5000 m)
2000 (5000 m)
World Cup1997 (3000 / 5000 m)1997 (1500 m)1999 (1500 m)
European Allround1997
1999		1995
Dutch Allround1997
1998
2001		1995
1996
2000
Dutch Sprint1999
Dutch Single Distance1996 (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" Archived 13 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, rieplachte on 30 september 2008


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