Carry Geijssen

Carolina ("Carry") Cornelia Catharina Geijssen (born 11 January 1947) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.

Carry Geijssen
Geijssen at the 1968 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1947-01-11) January 11, 1947
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1968 Grenoble 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1968 Grenoble 1500 m
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1968 HelsinkiAllround

Carry Geijssen won silver at the Dutch Allround Championships in 1965 (a feat she would repeat in 1967 and 1968). In 1966, she became Dutch Allround Champion. At the 1968 World Allround Championships in Helsinki, she won bronze behind Stien Kaiser and Ans Schut, making the podium entirely Dutch.

Geijssen then participated in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, where she became Olympic Champion on the 1,000 m in a new Olympic record time. This made her the first Dutch Olympic Champion in speed skating in Olympic history. The next day, Ans Schut (on the 3,000 m) would become the second, while Kees Verkerk (on the 1,500 m) would become the third Dutch Olympic Champion in speed skating four days after that. Geijssen went on to win Olympic silver on the 1,500 m, just 0.3 seconds behind winner Kaija Mustonen.[1]

After that, Geijssen remained active for several more years, but did not have any more major results. She ended her speed skating career in 1971. She married the cyclist Rien Langkruis, and later lived in Indonesia and Canada.[1]

She is the younger sister of speed skater Bep Geijssen.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Carry Geijssen at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:

Championships Gold medalSilver medalBronze medal
Winter Olympics1968 (1,000 m)1968 (1,500 m)
World Allround1968
Dutch Allround19661965
1967
1968

Records

Over the course of her career, Geijssen skated two Dutch Senior records in women's speed skating and a total of 19 Junior records (one doubling as both Senior and Junior record):

Dutch records[2]
DistanceResultDateLocation
500 m J55.909-02-1963Amsterdam
1,000 m J2:01.809-02-1963Amsterdam
500m J51.306-11-1963Deventer
500 m JS49.824-01-1964Amsterdam
1,500 m J2:43.124-01-1964Amsterdam
1,000 m J1:45.025-01-1964Amsterdam
3,000 m J5:48.025-01-1964Amsterdam
Mini combination J214.66724/25-01-1964Amsterdam
1,000 m J1:43.227-01-1964Amsterdam
1,000 m J1:41.608-03-1964Deventer
500 m J49.702-01-1965Amsterdam
1,500 m J2:35.902-01-1965Amsterdam
1,000 m J1:39.003-01-1965Amsterdam
3,000 m J5:37.403-01-1965Amsterdam
Mini combination J207.40002/03-01-1965Amsterdam
500 m J48.919-02-1965Deventer
1500 m J2:35.319-02-1965Deventer
1,000 m J1:38.713-03-1965Amsterdam
3,000 m J5:32.827-12-1965Deventer
500 m J48.803-01-1966Amsterdam
500 m S48.515-12-1966Deventer
Personal records
DistanceResultDateLocation
500 m45.909-02-1970Davos
1,000 m1:31.501-03-1969Inzell
1,500 m2:21.320-01-1968Davos
3,000 m5:00.821-01-1968Davos
Sprint combination190.16021/22-02-1970West Allis
Mini combination190.48320/21-01-1968Davos
Best results on Dutch ice
DistanceResultDateLocation
500 m48.114-11-1967Heerenveen
1,000 m1:35.711-01-1971Amsterdam
1,500 m2:26.718-02-1967Deventer
3,000 m5:13.211-01-1970Deventer
Mini combination199.45710/11-01-1971Amsterdam
Geijssen in 1967

References

Notes

  1. Carry Geijssen. sports-reference.com
  2. Bijlsma et al. 1997, pp. 459, 471-474.

Bibliography

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