Patrick Jonker

{{Short description|Australian cyclist (born 1969)}}

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Patrick Jonker

| image = P Jonker.jpg

| caption = 2004 Tour Down Under winner Jonker celebrates

| fullname = Patrick Jonker

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|5|25}}

| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands

| height = {{height|m=1.84}}

| weight = {{convert|69|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| proyears1 = 1992

| proteam1 = Varta–Elk–Nö (stagiaire)

| proyears2 = 1993–1994

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|NOV|1993}}

| proyears3 = 1995–1996

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|ONC|1995}}

| proyears4 = 1997–1999

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|RAB|1997}}

| proyears5 = 2000

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|USP|2000}}

| proyears6 = 2001–2002

| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|AUB|2001}}

| proyears7 = 2003

| proteam7 = Van Hemert Groep Cycling

| proyears8 = 2004

| proteam8 = UniSA–Australia

| majorwins = Tour Down Under (2004)
Route du Sud (1997)

| medaltemplates =

}}

Patrick Jonker (born 25 May 1969) is a retired Australian road bicycle racer from Dutch and German ancestry. He was a professional rider from 1993 to 2004. Jonker represented Australia twice at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/patrick-jonker-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080021/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/patrick-jonker-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Patrick Jonker Olympic Results |accessdate=19 July 2016}} He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics AIS Athletes at the Olympics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606223207/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics |date=6 June 2011 }} The highlights of his career include wins in the 1997 Route du Sud, the 1999 Grand Prix de Wallonie and ending his career with a high profile victory in the 2004 Tour Down Under.{{cite news|url=http://www.les-sports.info/cyclisme-tour-down-under-2004-resultats-hommes-s2-c0-b0-g28-t2628-u10-v1.html|title=Tour Down Under|work=Les Sports Info|accessdate=13 December 2012}} In 2012, he denied any involvement in doping practices at {{UCI team code|USP|2000}} during his stint in the team in the 2000 season following the Lance Armstrong doping affair. He stated that the seven titles in the Tour de France that Armstrong won should be voided since the doping tests were unreliable at that time in his opinion.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-14/lance-armstrongs-team-mate-never-saw-doping/4312302|title=Lance Armstrong's team mate 'never saw any doping'|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|date=14 October 2012|accessdate=12 December 2012|author=Kumi Taguch}}