Carolina ("Carry") Cornelia Catharina Geijssen (born 11 January 1947) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.

Carry Geijssen won silver at the Dutch Allround Championships in 1965 (a feat she would repeat in 1967 and 1968). 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 (on the 3,000 m) would become the second, while Kees Verkerk (on the 1,500 m) 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.

She is the younger sister of speed skater Bep Geijssen.

Medals An overview of medals won by Carry Geijssen at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:

Championships Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal Winter Olympics 1968 (1,000 m) 1968 (1,500 m) World Allround 1968 Dutch Allround 1966 1965 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 (one doubling as both Senior and Junior record): + Dutch recordsBijlsma et al. 1997, pp. 459, 471-474. Distance Result Date Location 500 m J 55.9 09-02-1963 Amsterdam 1,000 m J 2:01.8 09-02-1963 Amsterdam 500m J 51.3 06-11-1963 Deventer 500 m JS 49.8 24-01-1964 Amsterdam 1,500 m J 2:43.1 24-01-1964 Amsterdam 1,000 m J 1:45.0 25-01-1964 Amsterdam 3,000 m J 5:48.0 25-01-1964 AmsterdamMini combination J 214.667 24/25-01-1964 Amsterdam 1,000 m J 1:43.2 27-01-1964 Amsterdam 1,000 m J 1:41.6 08-03-1964 Deventer 500 m J 49.7 02-01-1965 Amsterdam 1,500 m J 2:35.9 02-01-1965 Amsterdam 1,000 m J 1:39.0 03-01-1965 Amsterdam 3,000 m J 5:37.4 03-01-1965 AmsterdamMini combination J 207.400 02/03-01-1965 Amsterdam 500 m J 48.9 19-02-1965 Deventer 1500 m J 2:35.3 19-02-1965 Deventer 1,000 m J 1:38.7 13-03-1965 Amsterdam 3,000 m J 5:32.8 27-12-1965 Deventer 500 m J 48.8 03-01-1966 Amsterdam 500 m S 48.5 15-12-1966 Deventer+ Personal records Distance Result Date Location 500 m 45.9 09-02-1970 Davos 1,000 m 1:31.5 01-03-1969 Inzell 1,500 m 2:21.3 20-01-1968 Davos 3,000 m 5:00.8 21-01-1968 Davos Sprint combination190.160 21/22-02-1970 West AllisMini combination190.483 20/21-01-1968 Davos+ Best results on Dutch ice Distance Result Date Location 500 m 48.1 14-11-1967 Heerenveen 1,000 m 1:35.7 11-01-1971 Amsterdam 1,500 m 2:26.7 18-02-1967 Deventer 3,000 m 5:13.2 11-01-1970 DeventerMini combination199.457 10/11-01-1971 Amsterdam

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External links Carry Geijssen at SpeedSkatingStats.com Carry Geijssen at SchaatsStatistieken.nl (Dutch)