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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 August 1992 Deventer, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1000 m, 1500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Team Jumbo-Visma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Krol (born 16 August 1992) is a retired Dutch speed skater, who is specialized in the 1000m and 1500m.
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 | ||||
| Speed skating | ||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 500-meter | 34.90 | 16 January 2021 | Heerenveen | |
| 1000 meter | 1:06.25 | 9 March 2019 | Salt Lake City | [4] |
| 1500 meter | 1:40.54 | 10 March 2019 | Salt Lake City | [5] |
| 3000 meter | 3:42.86 | 30 September 2017 | Inzell | |
| 5000 meter | 6:46.30 | 28 December 2010 | Heerenveen | |
| 10000 meter | 14:40.13 | 18 March 2012 | Enschede | |
Source: [6]
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 |
| 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]
| Championship | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 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 |
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