Carry Geijssen

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. Distance !! Result !! Date !! Location

+ 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