Adrianus de Jong

Dutch fencer (1882–1966)

Born

21 June 1882, Plantungan

Died

23 December 1966, The Hague

Citizenship

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Sport

fencing

Occupation

fencer, military officer

Adrianus Egbert Willem "Adriaan" "Arie" de Jong (21 June 1882 – 23 December 1966) was a fencer who competed at five Olympic Games.

However, he had his greatest international success with the sabre, where he won the first two World Championships in 1922 and 1923.

With the épée, he won bronze at the 1912 Olympics and silver at the 1922 world championships.

During the individual sabre event at the 1924 Olympics, he reached the semi-finals against Hungarian Sándor Pósta and was leading by three hits when an audience member fell through his chair. This distracted the jury, who failed to see De Jong's decisive hit. Disrupted, De Jong lost the bout. De Jong eventually finished fifth (one ahead of eventual seven-time Danish Olympian Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier) while Pósta went on to win gold.

Competitions

Awards and honours

• Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau 1913
• Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms 1913
• Participation Medal 1912 Olympic Games 1913
• Officers' Cross 1918

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q2605467 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.