Fleur Jong

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Fleur Jong
Fleur Jong with Gouden Spike award June 2021.png
Jong with the Gouden Spike award (June 2021)
Personal information
Born (1995-12-17) 17 December 1995 (age 26)
Purmerend, Netherlands[1]
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportPara-athletics
DisabilityAmputated limbs after bacterial blood infection
Disability class
  • T62 (2018 – present)
  • T43 (until 2018)
Event(s)
Coached byGuido Bonsen
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Long jump T64
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Doha 200 m T44
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Bydgoszcz 100 m T64
Gold medal – first place 2021 Bydgoszcz Long jump T64

Fleur Jong (born 17 December 1995)[2] is a Dutch Paralympic athlete. She won the gold medal in the women's long jump T64 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[3] She also set a new world record of 6.16 metres.[4]

In June 2021, she won two gold medals by setting a new world record in both the women's 100 metres T64 and women's long jump T64 events at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[5][6][7] In the long jump event, she set a new world record twice: in her fifth attempt, she jumped 6.04 metres and she improved this to 6.06 metres in her next attempt.[2][7]

Early life[]

A few days before her 17th birthday, in December 2012, she contracted a bacterial blood infection which hindered blood flow to her extremities.[8][9] As a result, her right leg had to be amputated below the knee as well as part of her left foot and the top halves of eight fingers.[8][10] Dutch para-snowboarder Bibian Mentel coached her during her rehabilitation.[11] The following year, she also had her left leg amputated below the knee, at her request, as she was unable to use it properly.[8][9]

In 2013, she attended a talent day for Paralympic sports organised by NOC*NSF where she met Guido Bonsen who later became her coach.[9]

Career[]

Early in her career, she competed as a T43-classified athlete. She won the bronze medal in the women's 200 metres T44 event at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[12][13] She also finished in 6th place in the women's 100 metres T44 event.[14] She represented the Netherlands in two events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] In both the women's 100 metres T44 and women's 200 metres T44 she did not advance to compete in the final. In 2017, she finished in 4th place in the women's 200 metres T44 event at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships held in London, United Kingdom.[15]

At the beginning of 2018, World Para Athletics implemented classification changes and, as of that year, she competes as a T62-classified athlete, a class specifically for athletes with double below the knee amputation.[16] In 2019, she finished in 4th place in the women's long jump T64 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[17] She also finished in 7th place in the women's 100 metres T64 event.[18]

In May 2021, she became the first female T62-classified athlete to jump more than six metres in the long jump event.[19] She set a new record of 6.02 metres at the 2021 World Para Athletics Grand Prix event held in Nottwil, Switzerland.[19] In June 2021, she improved her world record to 6.06 metres at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. A week later, she improved her world record again to 6.09 metres at the annual Gouden Spike competition held in Leiden, Netherlands.[20] She also won the 50th Gouden Spike award for her achievement.[20][21]

She represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[10][22] She won the gold medal in the women's long jump T64 event with a new world record of 6.16 metres.[4][23] She finished in 4th place in the women's 100 metres T64 event. She was also one of the flag bearers for the Netherlands during the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[24][25]

Achievements[]

Track[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2015 World Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd 200 m 27.30 s
2021 European Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st 100 m 12.64 s

Field[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2021 European Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st Long jump 6.06 m
Summer Paralympics Tokyo, Japan 1st Long jump 6.16 m

References[]

  1. ^ a b Admiraal, Natasja (31 May 2019). "Paralympisch Sporter Fleur Jong – 'Dankzij de atletiek zie ik in alles een uitdaging'". Zest Magazine (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Women's long jump T64 Final" (PDF). 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  3. ^ Houston, Michael (28 August 2021). "British sprinters grab gold on day two of athletics at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Live: Paralympic silver for Clifford on the track, Rollers up in wheelchair basketball". www.abc.net.au. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (4 June 2021). "Jong follows 100m world record with two new marks in long jump at European Para Athletics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Fleur Jong sets new world record in another Dutch one-two at the Euros". Paralympic.org. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Para-atlete Jong noteert nog twee wereldrecords, dit keer bij het verspringen". NOS (in Dutch). 4 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b c "Para-atlete Fleur Jong blijft haar grenzen verleggen". Ditjes en Datjes (in Dutch). 7 November 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "Interview – Fonds Gehandicaptensport". issuu.com. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Fleur Jong to focus solely on her jumps for Tokyo 2020". Paralympic.org. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  11. ^ Sijtsma, Thomas (30 April 2021). "Para-atleten trainen in het Olympisch Stadion: 'Wil je mijn been even vasthouden?'". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Paralympiër Van Rhijn prolongeert wereldtitel 200 meter". NOS (in Dutch). 24 October 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Women's 200 metres T44 – Final" (PDF). 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships – World Para Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Women's 100 metres T44 – Final" (PDF). 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships – World Para Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Women's 200 metres T44 – Final" (PDF). 2017 World Para Athletics Championships – World Para Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  16. ^ "World Para Athletics announces classification changes". World Para Athletics. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Women's long jump T64 – Final" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Women's 100 metres T64 – Final" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Cockroft and Jong pulverise records in Nottwil". Paralympic.org. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  20. ^ a b "Para-atlete Fleur Jong krijgt Gouden Spike voor wereldrecord verspringen". NU.nl (in Dutch). 12 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  21. ^ "50ste Gouden Spike voor Fleur Jong". Gouden Spike (in Dutch). 12 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  22. ^ "Drievoudig paralympisch kampioene Van Rhijn (29) beëindigt carrière per direct". NU.nl (in Dutch). 11 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  23. ^ "Records Set" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  24. ^ Houston, Michael (23 August 2021). "Jong and Plat named Dutch flagbearers for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  25. ^ "Jong en Plat vlaggendragers tijdens Paralympische Spelen in Tokio". NOS (in Dutch). 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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