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Mark Knoll

Mark Knoll
Personal information
Born (1976-07-26) July 26, 1976 (age 48)
Regina, Saskatchewan
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb)
SpouseTonny de Jong
Sport
CountryCanada
SportLong Track Speed Skating
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals1998, 2002

Mark Knoll (born July 26, 1976) is a Canadian former speed skater and schoolteacher. He twice took part in the Winter Olympic Games.[1]

He went to the 1998 Winter Olympics, competing in the men's 5000 metres in speed skating and finishing 24th. He competed again in the 2002 Winter Olympics in the same category and finished 18th.[1]

He is married to Dutch skater Tonny de Jong. They have had three children: Ryder Knoll, Nico Knoll, and Jasper Knoll.[2]

He is currently a grade 7 teacher of In My Backyard & Outsiders (formerly taught PEAKS which is another grade 7 class) with his own homeroom class at Westmount Charter School[3] and resides in Calgary.[1]

Personal records

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Distance Time Date Location
500 meter 37.00 January 17, 2003 Calgary
1000 meters 1.11.51 January 6, 2001 Calgary
1500 meters 1.48.46 January 25, 2003 Salt Lake City
3,000 meters 3.48.65 October 27, 2000 Calgary
5000 meters 6.30.63 February 9, 2002 Salt Lake City
10000 meters 13.47.96 21 December 2001 Calgary

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mark Knoll". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  2. ^ "Friesch Dagblad". www.frieschdagblad.nl. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  3. ^ "Contact". Westmount Website. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  4. ^ "Mark Knoll (CAN) - Competition results, statistics and records | Skaters | SpeedSkatingNews". www.speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 2017-02-24.