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Bob de Jong

Bob de Jong
Bob de Jong (23-02-2008).jpg
Bob de Jong in action at a world cup speedskating in Heerenveen, Netherlands
Personal information
Nationality Dutch
Born (1976-11-13) 13 November 1976 (age 40)
Leimuiden, Netherlands
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 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
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 1998 Nagano 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi 10000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Heerenveen 10000 m
Gold medal – first place 2001 Salt Lake City 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 2003 Berlin 10000 m
Gold medal – first place 2005 Inzell 10000 m
Gold medal – first place 2011 Inzell 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 2011 Inzell 10000 m
Gold medal – first place 2012 Heerenveen 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 1998 Calgary 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 2000 Nagano 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2000 Nagano 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 2001 Salt Lake City 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 2003 Berlin 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2004 Seoul 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 2005 Inzell 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2012 Heerenveen 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Warszawa 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Heerenveen 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Nagano 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Vancouver 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Sochi 10000 m
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Seinäjoki Allround
Gold medal – first place 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.

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. In 1998, he won the silver medal in the men's 10,000 m and 4th in the men's 5000 m. In 2010, he won the bronze medal in the men's 10,000 m. and in his fifth Olympics in 2014 he took his second Olympic Bronze in 10,000 m event.

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.

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com

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


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