Adrianus Egbert Willem "Adriaan" "Arie" de Jong (21 June 1882 – 23 December 1966) was a
fencer who competed at five Olympic Games.
However, he had his greatest international success with the sabre, where he won the first two World Championships in 1922 and 1923.
With the épée, he won bronze at the
1912 Olympics and silver at the 1922 world championships.
During the individual sabre event at the
1924 Olympics, he reached the semi-finals against Hungarian
Sándor Pósta
Sandor Posta (25 September 1888 – 4 November 1952) was a Hungarian fencer and Olympic champion in the sabre competition.
Sandor Posta's early fencing career was interrupted by service in the First World War. During fighting in t ...
and was leading by three hits when an audience member fell through his chair. This distracted the jury, who failed to see De Jong's decisive hit. Disrupted, De Jong lost the bout. De Jong eventually finished fifth (one ahead of eventual seven-time Danish Olympian
Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier
Dr. Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier (December 16, 1888 – December 23, 1965), was a Danish Olympic medalist, and world champion, fencer who fenced foil, épée, and saber. He was given the Olympic Diploma of Merit during his career. He is also one ...
) while Pósta went on to win gold.
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See also
* List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
A small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction ever competes in multiple Games. 849 athletes (260 women and 589 men) have participated in at least five Olympics from Athens 1896 to Beiji ...
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1882 births
1966 deaths
Dutch male sabre fencers
People from Kendal Regency
Sportspeople from Central Java
Olympic fencers of the Netherlands
Fencers at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic medalists in fencing
Royal Netherlands Army officers
Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Dutch male épée fencers
Dutch male foil fencers
20th-century Dutch people
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