Coen de Koning

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Coen de Koning

Coen de Koning
Personal information
Born March 30, 1879(1879-03-30)
Edam, Netherlands
Died July 29, 1954(1954-07-29)
Sport
Country Netherlands
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 1912 Elfstedentocht
1917 Elfstedentocht
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Competitor for the  Netherlands
World Allround Championships
Gold 1905 Groningen Allround
European Championships
Silver 1904 Davos Allround
Bronze 1906 Davos Allround
Dutch Allround championships
Gold 1903 Groningen Allround
Gold 1905 Deventer Allround
Gold 1912 Leeuwarden Allround

Coen de Koning (March 30, 1879 – July 29, 1954) was the second Dutch speed skating World Champion.[1]

Born in Edam, North Holland, Netherlands, he won the speed skating title in his only World Championship competition in 1905 in the city of Groningen, Groningen province, Netherlands. He faced only three other skaters, one of whom was Martinus Lørdahl from Norway, who won the 500-meter race.[2] After that, De Koning won all three remaining distances, thus claiming the title. De Koning participated in the 1904 and 1905 European Championships and the 1903, 1905 and 1912 Dutch Championships, winning them all. He set National Records in 1905 in the 500-meter and 10,000-meter races. These records were broken in 1926 and 1929. Coen de Koning is also famous for winning the Elfstedentocht twice, in 1912 and 1917.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Coen de Koning". skateresults.com. http://www.skateresults.com/skaters/1836. Retrieved 2010-01-27. 
  2. ^ "World Allround Championships Men 1905 (Men)". skateresults.com. http://www.skateresults.com/tournaments/world_allround_championships_1905_m. Retrieved 2010-01-27. 
  3. ^ "Historie van de Elfstedentocht (in Dutch)". Koninklijke Vereniging De Friesche Elf Steden. http://www.elfstedentocht.nl/nl/de_vereniging/historie. Retrieved 2009-08-18. 
Year Date Temperature Winner (*) Time Distance Average speed
1909 2 January n/a 13:50 189 km 13.7 km/h
1912 7 February 3.8°C
  • Coen de Koning
 11:40 189 km 16.2 km/h
1917 27 January -1.8°C
  • Coen de Koning
 9:53 189 km 19.1 km/h
1929 12 February -10.1°C 11:09 191 km 17.1 km/h
1933 16 December -2.0°C 9:53 195 km 19.7 km/h
1940 30 January -6.1°C 11:34 198.5 km 17.3 km/h
1941 7 February 0.0°C 9:19 198.5 km 21.3 km/h
1942 22 January -11.7°C 8:44 198 km 22.7 km/h
1947 8 February -8.5°C 10:51 191 km 17.6 km/h
1954 3 February -5.4°C 7:35 198.5 km 26.2 km/h
1956 14 February -4.9°C no winner declared (**) — 190.5 km —
1963 18 January -7.7°C 10:59 196.5 km 17.9 km/h
1985 21 February 0.3°C 6:47 196.8 km 29.0 km/h
1986 26 February -6.9°C 6:55 199.3 km 28.8 km/h
1997 4 January -3.6°C 6:49 199.6 km 29.3 km/h

* Women were first allowed to take part in the tour proper in 1985; before then they had to skate with the amateurs and no award was given. The women to cross the finish line first were:

** After shared wins in 1933 and 1940, when the front-runners decided not to compete but join hands to cross the line together, this practice was forbidden by the organisation. Jan van der Hoorn, Aad de Koning, Jeen Nauta, Maus Wijnhout and Anton Verhoeven however ignored this rule when they crossed the finish line in unison. They were not disqualified, but no winner was declared.

  • "3,000 Skaters in 124-mile race" The Times (London). Wednesday, 31 January 1940. Issue 48527, col B, p. 7.
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