FENCER

Adrianus de Jong

1882 - 1966

Adrianus de Jong

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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adrianus de Jong is the 74th most popular fencer (down from 73rd in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 77th in 2019) and the most popular Indonesian Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Adrianus de Jong ranks 74 out of 349. Before him are Georges de la Falaise, Imre Gedővári, Louis Perrée, Csaba Fenyvesi, Armand Massard, and Alexandr Romankov. After him are Viktor Sidyak, Jean-Claude Magnan, Lucien Mérignac, Umyar Mavlikhanov, Péter Bakonyi, and István Lichteneckert.

Most Popular Fencers in Wikipedia

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Georges de la Falaise
1866 - 1910
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 68
Imre Gedővári
1951 - 2014
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 69
Louis Perrée
1871 - 1924
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 70
Csaba Fenyvesi
1943 - 2015
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 71
Armand Massard
1884 - 1971
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 72
Alexandr Romankov
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 73
Adrianus de Jong
1882 - 1966
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 74
Viktor Sidyak
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 75
Jean-Claude Magnan
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 76
Lucien Mérignac
1873 - 1941
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 77
Umyar Mavlikhanov
1937 - 1999
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 78
Péter Bakonyi
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 79
István Lichteneckert
1892 - 1929
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 80

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Adrianus de Jong ranks 226. Before him are Wilhelm Nusselt, Tadas Ivanauskas, Karel Domin, Edmund Dulac, Ernestas Galvanauskas, and Harry Porter. After him are Hernando Siles Reyes, Juan Luque de Serrallonga, Pierre Allemane, Tadeusz Banachiewicz, Emil Filla, and Robert Kerr. Among people deceased in 1966, Adrianus de Jong ranks 174. Before him are Bernard Schmetz, Harry Beaumont, Wivi Lönn, Naima Akef, Julia Faye, and Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. After him are Margery Allingham, Iosif Czako, Jakub Szynkiewicz, Cordwainer Smith, Steingrímur Steinþórsson, and Gösta Åsbrink.

Others Born in 1882

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Wilhelm Nusselt
ENGINEER
1882 - 1957
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 220
Tadas Ivanauskas
BIOLOGIST
1882 - 1971
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 221
Karel Domin
BIOLOGIST
1882 - 1953
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 222
Edmund Dulac
PAINTER
1882 - 1953
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 223
Ernestas Galvanauskas
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1967
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 224
Harry Porter
ATHLETE
1882 - 1965
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 225
Adrianus de Jong
FENCER
1882 - 1966
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 226
Hernando Siles Reyes
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1942
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 227
Juan Luque de Serrallonga
SOCCER PLAYER
1882 - 1967
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 228
Pierre Allemane
SOCCER PLAYER
1882 - 1956
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 229
Tadeusz Banachiewicz
MATHEMATICIAN
1882 - 1954
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 230
Emil Filla
PAINTER
1882 - 1953
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 231
Robert Kerr
ATHLETE
1882 - 1963
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 232