Thomas Krol
Dutch speed skater
![]() Krol wins bronze in Kolomna in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 31) Deventer, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1000 m, 1500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Team Jumbo-Visma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Krol (born 16 August 1992) is a retired Dutch speed skater, who is specialized in the 1000m and 1500m.
Career
Krol finished third at the ISU World Cup 1500m event in Berlin in December 2014.[1] Krol is a member of Team Jumbo-Visma.
In February 2022, at the Beijing Olympics, Krol won the men's 1000-meter race (1:07.92) and won the first Olympic gold medal of his career.[2]
In February 2024, the Dutchman announced his retirement and his intention to enroll in the KLM airline flight school. According to Kroll, he had two dreams: to win the Olympics and to become a pilot.[3]
Personal records
Personal records | ||||
Speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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500-meter | 34.90 | 16 January 2021 | Heerenveen | |
1000 meter | 1:06.25 | 9 March 2019 | Salt Lake City | [4] |
1500 meter | 1:40.54 | 10 March 2019 | Salt Lake City | [5] |
3000 meter | 3:42.86 | 30 September 2017 | Inzell | |
5000 meter | 6:46.30 | 28 December 2010 | Heerenveen | |
10000 meter | 14:40.13 | 18 March 2012 | Enschede |
Source:[6]
Tournament overview
Season | Olympic Games | Dutch Championships Single Distances | Dutch Championships Sprint | Dutch Championships Allround | European Championships Sprint | World Championships Single Distances | World Cup GWC | World Championships Junior | European Championships Single Distances |
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2010–11 | HEERENVEEN 13th 500m 15th 1000m | HEERENVEEN ![]() 21st 5000m 9th 1500m DNQ 10000m 13th overall | SEINÄJOKI 6th 500m 10th 3000m ![]() 9th 5000m 8th overall 7th 1000m 4th 1500m ![]() | ||||||
2011–12 | HEERENVEEN 13th 1000m 15th 1500m | OBIHIRO 4th 500m 9th 3000m 2nd 1500m 7th 5000m ![]() 6th 1000m ![]() ![]() | |||||||
2012–13 | HEERENVEEN 16th 500m 12th 1000m 4th 1500m | HEERENVEEN 19th 500m 12th 1000m 20th 500m 13th 1000m 15th overall | HEERENVEEN ![]() 19th 5000m 6th 1500m DNQ 10000m 11th overall | 28th 1500m | |||||
2013–14 | HEERENVEEN 14th 500m 9th 1000m 9th 1500m | HEERENVEEN 22nd 500m ![]() 12th 500m 8th 1000m 20th overall | 31st 1000m 36th 1500m | ||||||
2014–15 | HEERENVEEN 12th 500m 9th 1000m ![]() | HEERENVEEN 14th 500m 6th 1000m 14th 500m 7th 1000m 9th overall | 8th 1500m | ||||||
2015–16 | HEERENVEEN NC 500m 4th 1000m ![]() | HEERENVEEN 12th 500m ![]() 13th 500m 6th 1000m 7th overall | KOLOMNA ![]() | 10th 1000m 7th 1500m | |||||
2016–17 | HEERENVEEN 10th 500m 6th 1000m 5th 1500m | HEERENVEEN 10th 500m 4th 1000m 10th 500m ![]() 5th overall | 55th 500m 7th 1000m 8th 1500m | ||||||
2017–18 | HEERENVEEN 4th 1000m ![]() | HEERENVEEN 6th 500m ![]() 5th 500m ![]() ![]() | 5th 1000m ![]() | ||||||
2018–19 | HEERENVEEN 8th 500m ![]() ![]() | COLLALBO 12th 500m 19th 1000m 11th 500m ![]() 17th overall | INZELL ![]() ![]() | ![]() | |||||
2019–20 | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() | SALT LAKE CITY DQ 1000m ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() | |||||
2020–21 | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() | HEERENVEEN 7th 500m ![]() 18th 500m ![]() 4th overall | HEERENVEEN 4th 500m ![]() 8th 500m ![]() ![]() | HEERENVEEN DQ 1000m ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ||||
2021–22 | BEIJING ![]() ![]() | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() | ![]() 4th 1500m | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() | |||||
2022–23 | HEERENVEEN 6th 500m-1 DNS 500m-2 ![]() ![]() | HEERENVEEN 10th 500m ![]() 10th 500m ![]() 6th overall | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() | 4th 1000m 9th 1500m |
World Cup overview
Season | 1000 meter | ||||||
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2012–2013 | |||||||
2013–2014 | – | – | – | 1st(b) | – | – | |
2014–2015 | |||||||
2015–2016 | 13th | 10th | 5th | 9th | – | ![]() | 7th |
2016–2017 | 8th | 14th | 12th | 11th | – | 8th | 4th |
2017–2018 | 16th | ![]() | 7th | 8th | 7th | 5th | 5th |
2018–2019 | ![]() | ![]() | – | 5th | ![]() | ![]() | |
2019–2020 | ![]() | ![]() | – | ![]() | ![]() | ||
2020–2021 | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
2021–2022 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | – | ![]() | ||
2022–2023 | 5th | 5th | 8th | ![]() | – | 4th |
Season | 1500 meter | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012–2013 | 18th | – | 3rd(b) | – | – | – | |||
2013–2014 | – | – | – | 3rd(b) | – | – | |||
2014–2015 | 9th | 10th | ![]() | 13th | 4th | 5th | |||
2015–2016 | 6th | 10th | 4th | 4th | 4th | DNF | |||
2016–2017 | 9th | 16th | 8th | 9th | – | 4th | |||
2017–2018 | ![]() | 5th | 7th | ![]() | – | 4th | |||
2018–2019 | 4th | ![]() | – | ![]() | – | ![]() | |||
2019–2020 | ![]() | ![]() | 4th | – | ![]() | ||||
2020–2021 | ![]() | ![]() | |||||||
2021–2022 | 16th | 5th | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
2022–2023 | 16th | ![]() | 7th | ![]() | – | 8th |
Season | Team sprint | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
2012–2013 | ||||
2013–2014 | ||||
2014–2015 | ||||
2015–2016 | ||||
2016–2017 | ||||
2017–2018 | ||||
2018–2019 | ||||
2019–2020 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | – |
2020–2021 | ||||
2021–2022 | ||||
2022–2023 |
Source:[10]
- – = Did not participate
- (b) = Division B
- DNF = Did not finish
Medals won
Championship | Gold ![]() | Silver ![]() | Bronze ![]() |
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Dutch Single Distances | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Dutch Sprint | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Dutch Allround | 0 | 0 | 2 |
European Sprint | 4 | 0 | 0 |
World Single Distances | 2 | 2 | 1 |
World Cup | 15 | 7 | 11 |
European Single Distances | 2 | 2 | 0 |
World Junior | 1 | 2 | 2 |
References
- ^ "ISU World Cup". SpeedskatingResults.com. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Speed skating-Dutchman Thomas Krol wins gold in men's 1,000 metres". Reuters. 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Олимпийский чемпион из Нидерландов завершил карьеру, чтобы стать летчиком". RBC (in Russian). 24 February 2024.
- ^ Below the existing world record of 1:06.42, but Kjeld Nuis skated 1:06.18 in the previous pair.
- ^ Below the existing world record of 1:41.02, but Kjeld Nuis skated 1:40.17 in the same pair.
- ^ "Thomas Krol". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Thomas Krol". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Thomas Krol". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Thomas Krol". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Thomas Krol". Retrieved 25 January 2021.
External links
- Thomas Krol at the International Skating Union
- Thomas Krol at Olympedia
- Thomas Krol at Olympics.com
- Thomas Krol at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- Thomas Krol at NOC*NSF (in Dutch) (English translation)
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