Bob de Jong

Bob de Jong

Bob de Jong in action at a world cup speedskating in Heerenveen, Netherlands
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	13 November 1976 Leimuiden, Netherlands
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Website	www.bobdejong.net
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Retired	2016
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 37.86 (2001) 1000 m: 1:18.74 (1996) 1500 m: 1:48.22 (2005) 3000 m: 3:42.51 (2002) 5000 m: 6:08.76 (2009) 10 000 m: 12:48.20 (2011)
Medal record Men's speed skating Competitor for the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2006 Turin 10000 m 1998 Nagano 10000 m 2010 Vancouver 10000 m 2014 Sochi 10000 m World Championships 1999 Heerenveen 10000 m 2001 Salt Lake City 5000 m 2003 Berlin 10000 m 2005 Inzell 10000 m 2011 Inzell 5000 m 2011 Inzell 10000 m 2012 Heerenveen 10000 m 1998 Calgary 10000 m 2000 Nagano 5000 m 2000 Nagano 10000 m 2001 Salt Lake City 10000 m 2003 Berlin 5000 m 2004 Seoul 10000 m 2005 Inzell 5000 m 2012 Heerenveen 5000 m 1997 Warszawa 10000 m 1999 Heerenveen 5000 m 2008 Nagano 10000 m 2009 Vancouver 10000 m 2013 Sochi 10000 m World Junior Championships 1995 Seinäjoki Allround 1996 Calgary Allround

Bob Johannes Carolus de Jong (born 13 November 1976) is a Dutch former speed skater who specialized in long distances: five and ten kilometers.

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]

After winning a bronze medal in the 10,000 m at the 2010 Olympic Games, de Jong, at age 37, won another bronze medal at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi in the 10,000 m becoming the oldest male competitor in 86 years to win speed skating medal at the Olympics.^[2][3]

Records

World records

Distance	Time	Date	Location
3000 m junior	3:53.06	8 March 1996	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m men	3:53.06	8 March 1996	Olympic Oval, Calgary
5000 m junior	6:37.55	10 March 1996	Olympic Oval, Calgary

Personal records

Personal records
Men's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	37.86	5 March 2001	Olympic Oval, Calgary
1,000 m	1:18.74	28 January 1996	Ritten Kunsteisbahn, Collalbo
1,500 m	1:48.22	17 March 2001	Olympic Oval, Calgary
3,000 m	3.42,51	3 February 2002	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
5,000 m	6:08.76	12 December 2009	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
10,000 m	12:48.20	12 March 2011	Eisstadion Inzell, Inzell
Big combination	153.859	6 February 2005	Krylatskoye Sport Complex, Moscow

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com^[4]

De Jong is currently 23rd on the adelskalender.^[5] His highest ranking was 4th between 17 March 2001 and 20 October 2001.^[6]

References

1. "Bob de Jong". 2006 Winter Olympics profile. Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
2. "Men's 10000 m : Speed Skating Men's 10000 m". Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. www.sochi2014.com. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
3. "Longest skating race destined for Dutch triple". sportsillstrated.cnn.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
4. "Bob de Jong". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
5. "Adelskalender: Big combination Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. 12 March 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
6. web.telia.com

External links

• Photos of Bob de Jong
• Personal records
• Bob de Jong at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• (Dutch) Bob de Jong at SchaatsStatistieken.nl