Bob Johannes Carolus de Jong (born 13 November 1976) is a Dutch former speed skater who specialized in long distances: five and ten kilometers.
![]() 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 45) Leimuiden, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
|
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.[1] 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.[2][3]
Personal records | ||||
Men's speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
500 meter | 37.86 | 15 March 2001 | Calgary | |
1000 meter | 1:18.74 | 28 January 1996 | Collalbo | |
1500 meter | 1:48.22 | 17 March 2001 | Calgary | |
3000 meter | 3.41.89 | 3 November 2013 | Calgary | |
5000 meter | 6:07.43 | 17 November 2013 | Salt Lake City | |
10000 meter | 12:48.20 | 12 March 2011 | Inzell | |
Big combination | 153.859 | 6 February 2005 | Moscow |
Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[4]
De Jong has a score of 149.086 on the adelskalender.[5] His highest ranking was 4th between 17 March 2001 and 20 October 2001.[6]
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
3000 meter | 3:53.06 | 8 March 1996 | Calgary | Junor world record until 19 March 1999 |
5000 meter | 6:37.55 | 10 March 1996 | Calgary | Junor world record until 20 March 1999 |
3000 meter | 3:53.06 | 8 March 1996 | Calgary | World record until 25 February 1998 |
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
3000 meter | 3:52.14 | 27 Oktober 2001 | Berlin | World record until 16 November 2002 |
5000 meter | 6:19.94 | 9 November 2003 | Hamar | World record until 14 November 2004 |
Season | Dutch Championships Single Distances |
Dutch Championships Allround |
World Championships Single Distances |
World Championships Allround |
Olympic Games |
World Championships Junior Allround |
World Cup |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1994–95 | 11th 1500m 4th 5000m ![]() | SEINÄJOKI 35th 500m ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
1995–96 | 7th 1500m ![]() ![]() | 17th 500m ![]() 9th 1500m ![]() 5th overall | CALGARY 29th 500m ![]() 10th 1500m ![]() ![]() | ||||
1996–97 | 24th 500m 4th 5000m 19th 1500m 4th 10000m 10th overall | WARSAW ![]() | ![]() | ||||
1997–98 | 15th 1500m ![]() ![]() | CALGARY 5th 5000m ![]() | NAGANO 4th 5000m ![]() | ![]() | |||
1998–99 | 6th 5000m ![]() | 19th 500m ![]() 13th 1500m ![]() ![]() | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() | ![]() | |||
1999–2000 | ![]() ![]() | NAGANO ![]() ![]() | ![]() | ||||
2000–01 | ![]() ![]() | 16th 500m ![]() 13th 1500m 4th 10000m 8th overall | SALT LAKE CITY ![]() ![]() | ![]() | |||
2001–02 | 14th 1500m ![]() | SALT LAKE CITY 30th 5000m 15th 10000m | ![]() | ||||
2002–03 | 10th 1500m 5th 5000m ![]() | 22nd 500m ![]() 14th 1500m ![]() 7th overall | BERLIN ![]() ![]() | ||||
2003–04 | 10th 1500m ![]() ![]() | 17th 500m ![]() 15th 1500m ![]() 8th overall | SEOUL 6th 5000m ![]() | ||||
2004–05 | 22nd 1500m ![]() ![]() | 24th 500m 4th 5000m 9th 1500m ![]() 12th overall | INZELL ![]() ![]() | MOSCOW 16th 500m ![]() 10th 1500m 7th 10000m 7th overall | ![]() | ||
2005–06 | 23rd 1500m ![]() ![]() | 22nd 500m ![]() 9th 1500m ![]() ![]() | CALGARY 22nd 500m 15th 5000m 23rd 1500m DNQ 10000m 22nd overall | TURIN 6th 5000m ![]() | 7th 5000/10000m | ||
2006–07 | ![]() ![]() | 24th 500m 4th 5000m 16th 1500m ![]() 10th overall | 5th 5000/10000m | ||||
2007–08 | 5th 5000m ![]() | 22nd 500m 8th 5000m 21st 1500m 4th 10000m 11th overall | NAGANO ![]() | 4th 5000/10000m | |||
2008–09 | 4th 5000m ![]() | 24th 500m ![]() 19th 1500m ![]() 7th overall | VANCOUVER 5th 5000m ![]() | ![]() | |||
2009–10 | ![]() ![]() | 21st 500m 5th 5000m 16th 1500m ![]() 8th overall | VANCOUVER 5th 5000m ![]() | ![]() | |||
2010–11 | DQ 5000m ![]() | INZELL ![]() ![]() | ![]() | ||||
2011–12 | ![]() ![]() | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() | ![]() | ||||
2012–13 | 4th 5000m ![]() | 22nd 500m ![]() 13th 1500m ![]() 5th overall | SOCHI 5th 5000m ![]() | ![]() | |||
2013–14 | ![]() ![]() | WD 500m WD 5000m WD 1500m WD 10000m NC overall | SOCHI ![]() | 9th 5000/10000m | |||
2014–15 | 5th 5000m ![]() | 23rd 500m DQ 5000m 24th 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall | ![]() | ||||
2015–16 | 10th 5000m DQ 10000m | 30th 5000/10000m |
Source:[7]
Season | 5000 meter/10000 meter | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996–1997 | 8th | 8th* | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 5th |
1997–1998 | ![]() | ![]() | 5th | 9th* | ![]() | 8h |
1998–1999 | 10th | 4th* | ![]() | 6th | ![]() | |
1999–2000 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
2000–2001 | 7th | ![]() | ![]() | 4th | ![]() | |
2001–2002 | ![]() | ![]() | 4th | 5th* | ![]() | 11th |
2002–2003 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2003–2004 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 6th | ![]() | ![]() |
2004–2005 | ![]() | 4th | 4th* | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2005–2006 | 4th | 6th | 9th* | 9th | – | |
2006–2007 | 5th | 5th | 4th* | 11th | 6th | 8th |
2007–2008 | 10th | 4th | ![]() | 5th | ![]() | 19th |
2008–2009 | 4th | 5th | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 5th |
2009–2010 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 8th |
2010–2011 | ![]() | 4th | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2011–2012 | ![]() | 7th | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2012–2013 | 4th | 4th | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
2013–2014 | ![]() | ![]() | – | 11th | 5th | – |
2014–2015 | 4th | ![]() | 4th | 4th | 11th | 6th |
2015–2016 | – | – | 10th | – | – | – |
Source:[8]
Championship | Gold ![]() | Silver ![]() | Bronze ![]() |
---|---|---|---|
Dutch Single Distances | 8 | 11 | 12 |
Dutch Allround | 0 | 0 | 2 |
World Single Distances | 7 | 8 | 5 |
World Allround | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Olympic Games | 1 | 1 | 2 |
{{cite web}}
: Check |url=
value (help)Awards | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by Erben Wennemars Sven Kramer |
Ard Schenk Award 2006 2011 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Oscar Mathisen Award 2011 |
Succeeded by |
![]() | |
---|---|
|
World champions in men's 5000 m speed skating | |
---|---|
|
World champions in men's 10000 m speed skating | |
---|---|
|
General |
|
---|---|
National libraries |