Thomas Krol (born 16 August 1992) is a retired Dutch speed skater, who is specialized in the 1000m and 1500m.
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 August 1992 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editKrol 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 Krol, he had two dreams: to win the Olympics and to become a pilot.[3]
Personal records
edit| Personal records | ||||
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| 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
editSeason |
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  500m 21st 5000m 9th 1500m DNQ 10000m 13th overall |
SEINÄJOKI 6th 500m 10th 3000m 1500m 9th 5000m 8th overall 7th 1000m 4th 1500m  Team pursuit |
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2011–12 |
HEERENVEEN 13th 1000m 15th 1500m |
OBIHIRO 4th 500m 9th 3000m 2nd 1500m 7th 5000m  overall 6th 1000m 1500m Team Pursuit |
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2012–13 |
HEERENVEEN 16th 500m 12th 1000m 4th 1500m |
HEERENVEEN 19th 500m 12th 1000m 20th 500m 13th 1000m 15th overall |
HEERENVEEN 500m 19th 5000m 6th 1500m DNQ 10000m 11th overall |
28th 1500m |
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2013–14 |
HEERENVEEN 14th 500m 9th 1000m 9th 1500m |
HEERENVEEN 22nd 500m 1000m 12th 500m 8th 1000m 20th overall |
31st 1000m 36th 1500m |
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2014–15 |
HEERENVEEN 12th 500m 9th 1000m 1500m |
HEERENVEEN 14th 500m 6th 1000m 14th 500m 7th 1000m 9th overall |
8th 1500m |
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2015–16 |
HEERENVEEN NC 500m 4th 1000m 1500m |
HEERENVEEN 12th 500m 1000m 13th 500m 6th 1000m 7th overall |
KOLOMNA 1500m |
10th 1000m 7th 1500m |
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2016–17 |
HEERENVEEN 10th 500m 6th 1000m 5th 1500m |
HEERENVEEN 10th 500m 4th 1000m 10th 500m 1000m 5th overall |
55th 500m 7th 1000m 8th 1500m |
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2017–18 |
HEERENVEEN 4th 1000m 1500m |
HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 1000m 5th 500m 1000m overall |
5th 1000m 1500m |
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2018–19 |
HEERENVEEN 8th 500m 1000m 1500m |
COLLALBO 12th 500m 19th 1000m 11th 500m 1000m 17th overall |
INZELL 1000m 1500m |
1500m |
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2019–20 |
HEERENVEEN 1000m 1500m |
SALT LAKE CITY DQ 1000m 1500m |
1000m 1500m Team sprint |
HEERENVEEN 1000m 1500m
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2020–21 |
HEERENVEEN 1000m 1500m |
HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 1000m 18th 500m 1000m 4th overall |
HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 1000m 8th 500m 1000m overall |
HEERENVEEN DQ 1000m 1500m |
1000m 1500m |
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2021–22 |
BEIJING 1000m 1500m |
HEERENVEEN 1000m 1500m |
1000m 4th 1500m |
HEERENVEEN 1000m 1500m
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2022–23 |
HEERENVEEN 6th 500m-1 DNS 500m-2 1000m 1500m |
HEERENVEEN 10th 500m 1000m 10th 500m 1000m 6th overall |
HEERENVEEN 1000m 1500m |
4th 1000m 9th 1500m |
World Cup overview
edit| 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 | |
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– | 5th | |
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| 2019–2020 | |
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– | |
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| 2020–2021 | |
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| 2021–2022 | |
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– | |
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| 2022–2023 | 5th | 5th | 8th | |
– | 4th | |
| Season | 1500 meter | ||||||||
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| 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 | |
– | |
– |
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| 2019–2020 | |
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4th | – | |
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| 2020–2021 | |
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| 2021–2022 | 16th | 5th | |
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| 2022–2023 | 16th | |
7th | |
– | 8th | |||
| Season | Team sprint | |||
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| 2012–2013 | ||||
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| 2014–2015 | ||||
| 2015–2016 | ||||
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| 2021–2022 | ||||
| 2022–2023 | ||||
Source:[10]
- – = Did not participate
- (b) = Division B
- DNF = Did not finish
Medals won
edit| Championship | Gold
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Silver
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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
edit- ^ "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
edit- Thomas Krol at the International Skating Union
- Thomas Krol at Olympedia (archive)
- Thomas Krol at Olympics.com
- Thomas Krol at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- Thomas Krol at NOC*NSF (in Dutch) (English translation)
