Bob de Jong
.jpg) Bob de Jong in action at a world cup speedskating in Heerenveen, the Netherlands |
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| Born | November 13, 1976 Leimuiden, Netherlands |
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| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (180 lb; 12.9 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bobdejong.net | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bob Johannes Carolus de Jong (born November 13, 1976 in Leimuiden) is a Dutch speed skater who specializes in long distances: five and ten kilometers.
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[edit] Speed skating career
In 2006, he won the gold medal for the ten kilometer race at the Olympic Games in Turin, with a personal record of 13:01.57, beating world record holder Chad Hedrick and Carl Verheijen. He also skated in the men's 5000 m event and placed 6th. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, he placed 15th in the men's 10000 m and 30th in the men's 5000 m. In 1998, he won the silver medal in the men's 10000 m and 4th in the men's 5000 m.[1]
At the 2010 Olympic games in Vancouver he won the bronze medal at the 10.000 m. Being his 3rd olympic games winning a medal.
[edit] Records
[edit] World Records
| Distance | Time | Date | Location |
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| 3000 m Junior | 3:53.06 | March 8, 1996 |  Salt Lake City |
| 3000 m Men | 3:53.06 | March 8, 1996 |  Calgary |
| 5000 m Junior | 6:37.55 | March 10, 1996 | Calgary |
[edit] Personal records
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| Distance | Time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 500 m | 37.86 | March 5, 2001 | Calgary |
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| 1,000 m | 1:18.74 | January 28, 1996 |  Collalbo |
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| 1,500 m | 1:48.22 | March 17, 2001 | Calgary |
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| 3,000 m | 3.42,51 | February 3, 2002 | Salt Lake City |
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| 5,000 m | 6:08.76 | December 12, 2009 | Salt Lake City |
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| 10,000 m | 12:48.20 | March 12, 2011 |  Inzell |
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| Big combination | 153.859 | February 6, 2005 |  Moscow |
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Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[2]
De Jong is currently 23rd on the adelskalender.[3] His highest ranking was 4th between 17 March 2001 and 20 October 2001.[4]
[edit] External links
- Photos of Bob de Jong
- Personal records
- Results at major events at skateresults.com
[edit] References
- ^ "Yahoo! Sports Turin 2006". http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/nld/Bob+de+Jong/604675. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
- ^ "Bob de Jong". speedskatingresults.com. http://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=381. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Adelskalender mannen". Sportstatistieken. 12 March 2011. http://www.sportstatistieken.nl/index.php?file=adelskalender. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ web.telia.com
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Preceded by Erben Wennemars |
Ard Schenk Award 2006 |
Succeeded by Sven Kramer |
| Preceded by Sven Kramer |
Ard Schenk Award 2011 |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- Dutch speed skaters
- Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- People from Kaag en Braassem
- Olympic medalists in speed skating
- Former world record holders in speed skating
- Dutch speed skating biography stubs
