Carry Geijssen
Carolina Cornelia Catharina Geijssen is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.
Carry Geijssen won silver at the Dutch Allround Championships in 1965. In 1966, she became Dutch Allround Champion. At the 1968 World Allround [Speed Skating Championships|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 would become the second, while Kees Verkerk 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 | 1968 | |
| World Allround | 1968 | ||
| Dutch Allround | 1966 | 1965 1967 1968 |