Carry Geijssen


Carolina Cornelia Catharina Geijssen is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.
Carry Geijssen won silver at the Dutch Allround Championships in 1965. 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 would become the second, while Kees Verkerk 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 1968
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 :

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