Adrianus de Jong

Adrianus Egbert Willem "Adriaan" "Arie" de Jong was a fencer at the 1912 Olympics.

Adrianus de Jong
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
1912 Stockholm Sabre Team

However, he had his greatest international success with the sabre, where he won the first two World Championships in 1922 and 1923.[1]

With the épée, he won bronze at the 1912 Olympics and silver at the 1922 world championships.[2]

During the individual sabre event at the 1924 Olympics, he reached the semi-finals against Hungarian Sándor Pósta and was leading by three hits when an audience member fell through his chair. This distracted the jury, who failed to see De Jong's decisive hit. Disrupted, De Jong lost the bout.[3] De Jong eventually finished fifth (one ahead of eventual seven-time Danish Olympian Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier) while Pósta went on to win gold.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2009-10-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2010-04-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Arie De Jong at Sports Reference
  4. Mens Sabre Individual at Sports Reference
Olympic Games
Preceded by
J. H. van Dijk		 Flagbearer for  Netherlands
Paris 1924		 Succeeded by
Sam Olij
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