Auke Adema
![]() Adema in 1941 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | (1907-10-04)4 October 1907 Franeker, Netherlands |
Died | (1976-03-31)31 March 1976 Berlikum, Netherlands |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Speed skating |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 1940 Elfstedentocht 1941 Elfstedentocht |
Auke Adema (4 October 1907 – 31 March 1976) was a Dutch skater. He won the Elfstedentocht, the world's largest speed skating competition twice. In the sixth race in 1940 he controversially shared the victory with Durk van der Duim [nl], Cor Jongert [nl], Piet Keijzer [nl] and Sjouke Westra [nl]. In Dokkum they had made a conspiracy to cross the finish line together. This became known as the Pact of Dokkum. The practice of non competitive finishing was outlawed after this.[1] Adema won the seventh Elfstedentocht by himself on 6 February 1941 in a time of 9 hours 19 minutes, a race record. In the race he broke away from the pack with two others to have an early lead. However, when stopping to eat a sausage[2] with Joop Bosman at Workum, other skaters managed to get ahead, but Adema overtook and won by three minutes over Bosman.[3]
References
- ^ "De Elfstedentocht "de Toch der Tochten" De Elfstedentocht van 1940". Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ "De Elfstedentocht "de Toch der Tochten" De Elfstedentocht van 1941". Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ "Auke Adema wint Elfstedentocht 1941". Retrieved 9 February 2012.
External links
- film of the 1941 race
- Elfstedentocht 1941 (Harlingen)
- Geschiedenis24 Image
- "Elfstedentocht in Oorlogstijd Expositie Fries Museum". 12 December 2008.
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Year | Date | Temperature | Winner (*) | Time | Distance | Average speed | |
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1909 | 2 January | n/a | Minne Hoekstra [nl] | 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 | Karst Leemburg [nl] | 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 | Auke Adema | 9:19 | 198.5 km | 21.3 km/h | |
1942 | 22 January | -11.7°C | Sietze de Groot [nl] | 8:44 | 198 km | 22.7 km/h | |
1947 | 8 February | -8.5°C | Jan W. van der Hoorn [nl] | 10:51 | 191 km | 17.6 km/h | |
1954 | 3 February | -5.4°C | Jeen van den Berg | 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 | Reinier Paping | 10:59 | 196.5 km | 17.9 km/h | |
Winner men | Winner women (*) | ||||||
1985 | 21 February | 0.3°C | Evert van Benthem | Lenie van der Hoorn [nl] | 6:47 | 196.8 km | 29.0 km/h |
1986 | 26 February | -6.9°C | Evert van Benthem | Tineke Dijkshoorn [nl] | 6:55 | 199.3 km | 28.8 km/h |
1997 | 4 January | -3.6°C | Henk Angenent | Klasina Seinstra [nl] | 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. ** 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.
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- Leeuwarden (start)
- Sneek
- IJlst
- Sloten
- Stavoren
- Hindeloopen
- Workum
- Bolsward
- Harlingen
- Franeker
- Dokkum
- Leeuwarden (finish)
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