Tonny de Jong

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]

Tonny de Jong

Tonny de Jong
Personal information
Born	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

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.

Distance	Time	Date	Venue	WR
500 m	39.36	27 January 2002	Calgary	37.22
1000 m	1:16.23	21 February 1999	Calgary	1:14.96
1500 m	1:56.02	20 February 2002	Salt Lake City	1:54.38
3000 m	4:00.49	10 February 2002	Salt Lake City	3:59.26
5000 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 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

External links

• Photos of Tonny de Jong
• Tonny de Jong at SkateResults.com
• Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
• The Adelskalender pages maintained by Evert Stenlund