Career

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.

To put these personal records in perspective, the last column (WR) lists the official world records on the dates that de Jong skated her personal records.

De Jong has an Adelskalender score of 160.231. Her highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a 3rd place.

Achievements

• 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. An overview of medals won by de Jong at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:.