Adrianus de Jong

Adrianus Egbert Willem "Adriaan" "Arie" de Jong (born 21 June 1882 in Plantungan, Kendal Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, died 23 December 1966 in The Hague, Netherlands) was a Dutch artillery army officer who fenced at five Olympics between 1906 and 1928 and won five bronze medals. This record would not be broken by a Dutchman until shooter Eric Swinkels made his sixth Olympic appearance in 1996.

Adrianus de Jong
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
1912 Stockholm Sabre Team
1912 Stockholm Épée Team
1920 Antwerp Sabre Team
1920 Antwerp Sabre
1924 Paris Sabre Team

Between 1910 and 1928 he won eighteen Dutch titles; 9 using the épée; 6 using the sabre; and 3 using the foil. In 1924, he held titles in all three weapons simultaneously.[1]

However, he had his greatest international success with the sabre, where he won the first two World Championships in 1922 and 1923,[2] and Olympic four bronze medals in 1912, 1920, and 1924.

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 Osiier) while Pósta went on to win gold.[5]

At the age of 54, De Jong won the épéé event at the Military World Championships in 1936.

After retiring from the army, De Jong became the manager of the Tampat Senang, an Indonesian restaurant in The Hague. He died in 1966.

He has a street named after him in The Hague, the Arie de Jongstraat.

See also

References
  1. nl:Arie de Jong (schermer)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2009-10-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2010-04-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Arie De Jong at Sports Reference
  5. Mens Sabre Individual at Sports Reference
Olympic Games
Preceded by
J. H. van Dijk		 Flagbearer for  Netherlands
Paris 1924		 Succeeded by
Sam Olij
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