Tonny de Jong

Tonny de Jong

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

Tonny de Jong (born July 17, 1974 in Scharsterbrug, the Netherlands) is a former speed skater who was raised in Heerenveen and now lives in Calgary with Canadian speed skater Mark Knoll, whom she married in 2003.

She won three Dutch Allround Championships and numerous gold medals on the 3,000 m and the 5,000 m at the Dutch Single Distance Championships. In 1997 and 1999 she became European Allround Champion. De Jong was the first skater who mastered the clap skate.

After the 2002 Winter Olympics, where she had little success, she ended her speed skating 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 (3,000 m)	1999 (1,500 m) 1999 (5,000 m) 2000 (5,000 m)
World Cup	1997 (3,000 / 5,000 m)	1997 (1,500 m)	1999 (1,500 m)
European Allround	1997 1999		1995
Dutch Allround	1997 1998 2001	1995 1996 2000
Dutch Sprint			1999
Dutch Single Distance	1996 (3,000 m) 1996 (5,000 m) 1997 (3,000 m) 1998 (3,000 m) 2001 (1,500 m) 2001 (3,000 m) 2001 (5,000 m)	1993 (1,500 m) 1993 (5,000 m) 1994 (1,500 m) 1994 (5,000 m) 1997 (5,000 m) 1998 (1,000 m) 1998 (1,500 m) 2000 (1,000 m) 2000 (3,000 m)	1997 (1,500 m) 2000 (1,500 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
1,000 m	1:16.23	21 February 1999	Calgary	1:14.96
1,500 m	1:56.02	20 February 2002	Salt Lake City	1:54.38
3,000 m	4:00.49	10 February 2002	Salt Lake City	3:59.26
5,000 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.

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

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