Bob de Jong

Bob de Jong is a Dutch former speed skater, born on 13 November 1976, who specialised in the long distances of five and ten kilometres. He won Olympic gold in the 10000 metres at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin in a personal record 13:01.57, ahead of world record holder Chad Hedrick and Carl Verheijen, and had earlier taken silver in the same event in 1998 in Nagano. He added bronze in the 10000 metres in 2010 and again in 2014 at Sochi, his fifth Olympics, which at age 37 made him the oldest male speed skating medallist at the Games in 86 years. His Adelskalender score is 149.086, with a highest ranking of fourth in 2001.