Thomas Krol

Thomas Krol

Krol wins bronze in Kolomna in 2016
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 32) Deventer, Netherlands
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Event(s)	1000 m, 1500 m
Club	Team Jumbo-Visma
Retired	2024
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2022 Beijing 1000 m 2022 Beijing 1500 m World Single Distance Championships 2019 Inzell 1500 m 2020 Salt Lake City Team sprint 2021 Heerenveen 1500 m 2019 Inzell 1000 m 2020 Salt Lake City 1500 m 2023 Heerenveen 1000 m 2016 Kolomna 1500 m 2023 Heerenveen 1500 m World Sprint Championships 2022 Hamar Sprint 2022 Hamar Team sprint European Championships 2020 Heerenveen 1500 m 2021 Heerenveen Sprint 2022 Heerenveen 1000 m 2018 Kolomna 1500 m 2020 Heerenveen 1000 m 2022 Heerenveen 1500 m

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 Krol, 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
500-meter	34.90	16 January 2021	Thialf, Heerenveen
1000 meter	1:06.25	9 March 2019	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	[4]
1500 meter	1:40.54	10 March 2019	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	[5]
3000 meter	3:42.86	30 September 2017	Max Aicher Arena, Inzell
5000 meter	6:46.30	28 December 2010	Thialf, Heerenveen
10000 meter	14:40.13	18 March 2012	nl:IJsbaan Twente, 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
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
2011–12		HEERENVEEN 13th 1000m 15th 1500m						OBIHIRO 4th 500m 9th 3000m 2nd 1500m 7th 5000m overall 6th 1000m 1500m Team Pursuit
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
2013–14		HEERENVEEN 14th 500m 9th 1000m 9th 1500m	HEERENVEEN 22nd 500m 1000m 12th 500m 8th 1000m 20th overall				31st 1000m 36th 1500m
2014–15		HEERENVEEN 12th 500m 9th 1000m 1500m	HEERENVEEN 14th 500m 6th 1000m 14th 500m 7th 1000m 9th overall				8th 1500m
2015–16		HEERENVEEN NC 500m 4th 1000m 1500m	HEERENVEEN 12th 500m 1000m 13th 500m 6th 1000m 7th overall			KOLOMNA 1500m	10th 1000m 7th 1500m
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
2017–18		HEERENVEEN 4th 1000m 1500m	HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 1000m 5th 500m 1000m overall				5th 1000m 1500m
2018–19		HEERENVEEN 8th 500m 1000m 1500m			COLLALBO 12th 500m 19th 1000m 11th 500m 1000m 17th overall	INZELL 1000m 1500m	1500m
2019–20		HEERENVEEN 1000m 1500m				SALT LAKE CITY DQ 1000m 1500m	1000m 1500m Team sprint		HEERENVEEN 1000m 1500m
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
2021–22	BEIJING 1000m 1500m	HEERENVEEN 1000m 1500m					1000m 4th 1500m		HEERENVEEN 1000m 1500m
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

Source:[7][8][9]

World Cup overview

Season	1000 meter
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
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

1. "ISU World Cup". SpeedskatingResults.com. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
2. "Speed skating-Dutchman Thomas Krol wins gold in men's 1,000 metres". Reuters. 18 February 2022.
3. "Олимпийский чемпион из Нидерландов завершил карьеру, чтобы стать летчиком". RBC (in Russian). 24 February 2024.
4. Below the existing world record of 1:06.42, but Kjeld Nuis skated 1:06.18 in the previous pair.
5. Below the existing world record of 1:41.02, but Kjeld Nuis skated 1:40.17 in the same pair.
6. "Thomas Krol". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
7. "Thomas Krol". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
8. "Thomas Krol". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
9. "Thomas Krol". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
10. "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)