Bob Johannes Carolus de Jong (born 13 November 1976) is a Dutch former

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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

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, with a personal record of 13:01.57, beating world record holder

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and

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. He also skated in the men's 5000 m event and placed 6th. In

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, he won the silver medal in the men's 10,000 m and 4th in the men's 5000 m. In

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, 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

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at the

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, de Jong, at age 37, won another bronze medal at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi in the

becoming the oldest male competitor in 86 years to win

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medal at the Olympics.

Records

Personal records

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com De Jong has a score of 149.086 on the adelskalender. His highest ranking was 4th between 17 March 2001 and 20 October 2001.

World records

World records skated at sea level venues (unofficial)

Tournament overview

: WD = withdrew : NC = no classification : DQ = disqualified : DNS = did not start source:

World Cup

* * = 10000 meter Source:

Medals won

References

External links

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Personal records

Bob de Jong at SpeedSkatingStats.com

Bob de Jong at SchaatsStatistieken.nl
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