Tonny de Jong

Tonny de Jong
Tonny de Jong
Personal information
Born (1974-07-17) 17 July 1974
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro1995
Retired2003
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
World Allround Championships
1997 Allround
1999 Allround
World Single Distance Championships
1999 3000 m
1999 1500 m
1999 5000 m
2000 5000 m
European Championships
1997 Allround
1999 Allround
1995 Allround
Dutch Allround Championships
1997 Allround
1998 Allround
2001 Allround
1995 Allround
1996 Allround
2000 Allround
Dutch Sprint Championships
1999 Sprint
Dutch Single Distance Championships
2001 1500 m
1996 3000 m
1997 3000 m
1998 3000 m
2001 3000 m
1996 5000 m
2001 5000 m
1998 1000 m
2000 1000 m
1993 1500 m
1994 1500 m
1998 1500 m
1997 1500 m
2000 1500 m
2000 3000 m
1993 5000 m
1994 5000 m
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.

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. De Jong was the first skater who mastered the clap skate.

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. After the following World Allround Championships she ended her speedskating career.