Adrianus Egbert Willem "Adriaan" "Arie" de Jong (21 June 1882 – 23 December 1966) was a fencer who competed at five Olympic Games.[1]
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's fencing | ||
Representing  Netherlands
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1912 Stockholm | Sabre Team |
However, he had his greatest international success with the sabre, where he won the first two World Championships in 1922 and 1923.[2]
With the épée, he won bronze at the 1912 Olympics and silver at the 1922 world championships.[3]
During the individual sabre event at the 1924 Olympics, he reached the semi-finals against Hungarian Sándor Pósta and was leading by three hits when an audience member fell through his chair. This distracted the jury, who failed to see De Jong's decisive hit. Disrupted, De Jong lost the bout.[4] De Jong eventually finished fifth (one ahead of eventual seven-time Danish Olympian Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier) while Pósta went on to win gold.[5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Adrianus de Jong". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Sports 123: Fencing: World Championships: Men: Sabre". Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ "Sports 123: Fencing: World Championships: Men: Epee". Archived from the original on 12 October 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ Arie De Jong at Sports Reference
- ^ Mens Sabre Individual at Sports Reference
External links edit
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adrianus Egbert Willem "Arie" de Jong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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