Tonny de Jong

In this Dutch name, the surname is de Jong, not Jong.

Tonny de Jong
Tonny de Jong
Personal information
Born (1974-07-17) 17 July 1974 (age 50)
Scharsterbrug, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro1995
Retired2003
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
World Allround Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Allround
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Allround
World Single Distance Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1999 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1999 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2000 5000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Allround
Gold medal – first place 1999 Allround
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Allround
Dutch Allround Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Allround
Gold medal – first place 1998 Allround
Gold medal – first place 2001 Allround
Silver medal – second place 1995 Allround
Silver medal – second place 1996 Allround
Silver medal – second place 2000 Allround
Dutch Sprint Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Sprint
Dutch Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 1996 3000 m
Gold medal – first place 1997 3000 m
Gold medal – first place 1998 3000 m
Gold medal – first place 2001 3000 m
Gold medal – first place 1996 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 2001 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 1998 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2000 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1993 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 1994 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 1998 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1997 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2000 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2000 3000 m
Silver medal – second place 1993 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 1994 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 1997 5000 m

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]

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.

  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" Archived 13 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, rieplachte on 30 september 2008