Coen de Koning

Dutch speed skater and cyclist

Coen de Koning
De Koning in 1934
Personal information
Born(1879-03-30)30 March 1879
Edam, the Netherlands
Died29 July 1954(1954-07-29) (aged 75)
Breda, the Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1912 Elfstedentocht
1917 Elfstedentocht
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
World Allround Championships
Gold medal – first place 1905 Groningen Allround
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1904 Davos Allround
Bronze medal – third place 1906 Davos Allround
Dutch Allround championships
Gold medal – first place 1903 Groningen Allround
Gold medal – first place 1905 Deventer Allround
Gold medal – first place 1912 Leeuwarden Allround

Coen de Koning (30 March 1879 – 29 July 1954) was a speed skater and cyclist.[1] He started his sports career as a cyclist, but switched to speed skating and became the second Dutch speed skater to win a world title, in 1905. He finished second in 500 m, and won the 1500, 5000 and 10,000 m events.[2] De Koning won the national all-around title in 1903, 1905 and 1912,[3] and set national records in the 500 m and 10,000 m in 1905; these records stood until 1926 and 1929. De Koning also set a world record in one-hour skating, at 32,370 m in 1906,[4] and won the Elfstedentocht in 1912 and 1917.[5]

Family

De Koning came from a speed skating family. His brother Jacobus "Sjaak" Petrus de Koning won the national all-around title in 1914. His son Jacobus Petrus Coenradus de Koning (born 1907) competed at the 1942 national championships, and his cousin Aad de Koning took part in the 1948 Winter Olympics. His more distant relatives on the brother's side, Truus Dijkstra and Jacques de Koning were also prominent Dutch speed skaters.[4]

Jacobus de Koning
1850 - 1936
Catharina Maria Elisabeth Turkenburg
1858 - 1929
Coenradus Cornelis Josephus de Koning
1879 - 1954
Petronella Boot
1858 - 1930
Jacobus Petrus de Koning
1885 - 1962
Maria van Schaik
1882 - 1929
Jacobus Petrus Coenradus de Koning
1907
Jacobus de Koning
1921
onbekendAdrianus Jacobus Petrus de Koning
1928 - 2010
Paulien
Jacques de Koning
1950
Geertruida Catharina Dijkstra
1951
Jacques de Koning
1981
Esther

References

  1. ^ "Coen de Koning at CyclingRanking". CyclingRanking.com. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Results of the 1905 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Coen de Koning (NED)" (in Dutch). SchaatsStatistieken.nl. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Coen de Koning". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Historie van de Elfstedentocht (in Dutch)". Koninklijke Vereniging De Friesche Elf Steden. Archived from the original on 22 December 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
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Year Date Temperature Winner (*) Time Distance Average speed
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
  • Abe de Vries [nl]
  • Sipke Castelein [nl]
9:53 195 km 19.7 km/h
1940 30 January -6.1°C
  • Piet Keijzer [nl]
  • Auke Adema
  • Cor Jongert [nl]
  • Durk van der Duim [nl]
  • Sjouke Westra [nl]
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
  • "History" (in Dutch). Vereniging De Friesche Elf Steden [Association of the Eleven Fries Cities]. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

* 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.

  • "3,000 Skaters in 124-mile race". The Times. No. 48527. London. 31 January 1940. col B, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
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