Mark de Jonge
De Jonge at the 2013 World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 15, 1984 Calgary, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Kayaking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 200 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mark de Jonge (born 15 February 1984) is a Canadian male sprint canoeist, primarily specializing the 200 m kayak event. De Jonge won a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He is the two time reigning world champion in same event having also won a silver medal at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2013. He is also the current Pan American champion in the 200 having won gold in Toronto at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, where he also won an additional bronze, and a silver and bronze at previous editions of the Pan Am Games. He was named the Air Canada Athlete of the Year in 2015 for Canada.