Carry Geijssen

Speed skater
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSpeed skater
PlacesNetherlands
isAthlete Speed skater
Work fieldSports
Gender
Female
Birth11 January 1947, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Age77 years
Star signCapricorn
The details

Biography

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

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.

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.

Medals

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

ChampionshipsGold 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):

DistanceResultDateLocation
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
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
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
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
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
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
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