Carry Geijssen

Carry Geijssen
	Geijssen at the 1968 Olympics
Personal information
Born	January 11, 1947; Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Women's speed skating
Representing the Netherlands
Olympic Games
World Championships

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.[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 medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
Winter Olympics	1968 (1,000 m)	1968 (1,500 m)
World Allround			1968
Dutch Allround	1966	1965 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]
Distance	Result	Date	Location
500 m J	55.9	09-02-1963	Amsterdam
1,000 m J	2:01.8	09-02-1963	Amsterdam
500m J	51.3	06-11-1963	Deventer
500 m JS	49.8	24-01-1964	Amsterdam
1,500 m J	2:43.1	24-01-1964	Amsterdam
1,000 m J	1:45.0	25-01-1964	Amsterdam
3,000 m J	5:48.0	25-01-1964	Amsterdam
Mini combination J	214.667	24/25-01-1964	Amsterdam
1,000 m J	1:43.2	27-01-1964	Amsterdam
1,000 m J	1:41.6	08-03-1964	Deventer
500 m J	49.7	02-01-1965	Amsterdam
1,500 m J	2:35.9	02-01-1965	Amsterdam
1,000 m J	1:39.0	03-01-1965	Amsterdam
3,000 m J	5:37.4	03-01-1965	Amsterdam
Mini combination J	207.400	02/03-01-1965	Amsterdam
500 m J	48.9	19-02-1965	Deventer
1500 m J	2:35.3	19-02-1965	Deventer
1,000 m J	1:38.7	13-03-1965	Amsterdam
3,000 m J	5:32.8	27-12-1965	Deventer
500 m J	48.8	03-01-1966	Amsterdam
500 m S	48.5	15-12-1966	Deventer

**Personal records**
Distance	Result	Date	Location
500 m	45.9	09-02-1970	Davos
1,000 m	1:31.5	01-03-1969	Inzell
1,500 m	2:21.3	20-01-1968	Davos
3,000 m	5:00.8	21-01-1968	Davos
Sprint combination	190.160	21/22-02-1970	West Allis
Mini combination	190.483	20/21-01-1968	Davos

**Best results on Dutch ice**
Distance	Result	Date	Location
500 m	48.1	14-11-1967	Heerenveen
1,000 m	1:35.7	11-01-1971	Amsterdam
1,500 m	2:26.7	18-02-1967	Deventer
3,000 m	5:13.2	11-01-1970	Deventer
Mini combination	199.457	10/11-01-1971	Amsterdam

Geijssen in 1967

References

Notes

Carry Geijssen. sports-reference.com
Bijlsma et all. 1997, pp. 459, 471-474.

Bibliography

Bal, Rien and Van Dijk, Rob. Schaatskampioenen, alles over het seizoen 68-69 (in Dutch). Amsterdam, the Netherlands: N.V. Het Parool, 1969.
Bijlsma, Hedman with Tom Dekkers; Arie van Erk; Gé du Maine; Hans Niezen; Nol Terwindt and Karel Verbeek. Schaatsseizoen '96-'97: 25e Jaargang 1996-1997, statistische terugblik. Assen, the Netherlands: Stichting Schaatsseizoen, 1997. ISSN 0922-9582.
Eng, Trond. All Time International Championships, Complete Results: 1889 - 2002. Askim, Noorwegen: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2002.
Froger, Fred R. Winnaars op de schaats, Een Parool Sportpocket (in Dutch). Amsterdam, the Netherlands: N.V. Het Parool, 1968.
Koomen, Theo. 10 Jaar Topschaatsen (in Dutch). Laren(NH), the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Luitingh, 1971. ISBN 90-245-0114-8.
Kleine, Jan. Schaatsjaarboek 1964 (in Dutch). Deventer, the Netherlands, 1964.
Kleine, Jan. Schaatsjaarboek 1965 (in Dutch). Deventer, the Netherlands, 1965.
Kleine, Jan. Schaatsjaarboek 1966, alles over het hardrijden op de schaats (in Dutch). Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Drukkerij Dico, 1966.
Kleine, Jan. Schaatsjaarboek 1967/68, alles over het hardrijden op de lange baan (in Dutch). Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Drukkerij Dico, 1967.
Kleine, Jan. Schaatsjaarboek 1968/69, alles over het hardrijden op de lange baan (in Dutch). Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Drukkerij Dico, 1968.
Kleine, Jan. Schaatsjaarboek 1969-'70, alles over het hardrijden op de lange baan (in Dutch). Ede, the Netherlands, 1969.
Kleine, Jan. Schaatsjaarboek 1970-'71, alles over het hardrijden op de lange baan (in Dutch). Nijmegen, the Netherlands: Schaatsjaarboek, 1970.
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Maaskant, Piet. Flitsende Ijzers, De geschiedenis van de schaatssport (in Dutch). Zwolle, the Netherlands: La Rivière & Voorhoeve, 1967 (2nd revised and extended edition).
Maaskant, Piet. Heya, Heya! Het nieuwe boek van de Schaatssport (in Dutch). Zwolle, the Netherlands: La Rivière & Voorhoeve, 1970.
Peereboom, Klaas. Van Jaap Eden tot Ard Schenk (in Dutch). Baarn, the Netherlands: De Boekerij, 1972. ISBN 90-225-0346-1.
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[r1-1] Carry Geijssen. sports-reference.com

[2] Bijlsma et all. 1997, pp. 459, 471-474.