# Thomas Krol

Thomas Krol (born 16 August 1992) is a retired Dutch speed skater, who is specialized in the 1000m and 1500m.

## Career

Krol finished third at the ISU World Cup 1500m event in Berlin in December 2014. 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.
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.

## Personal records

Personal records :
| Speed skating |||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
| 500-meter | 34.90 | 16 January 2021 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
| 1000 meter | 1:06.25 | 9 March 2019 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| 1500 meter | 1:40.54 | 10 March 2019 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| 3000 meter | 3:42.86 | 30 September 2017 | Max Aicher Arena, Inzell | |
| 5000 meter | 6:46.30 | 28 December 2010 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
| 10000 meter | 14:40.13 | 18 March 2012 | nl:IJsbaan Twente, Enschede | |
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## Tournament overview

| 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 | | |
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## World Cup overview

| Season | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 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 | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 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:
* – = Did not participate
* (b) = Division B
* DNF = Did not finish

## Medals won

| Championship | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 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 |