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) Breda, Netherlands
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 twice winner of the Elfstedentocht and 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

World records

Distance	Distance	Date	Location
Hour record	32370m	January 29, 1906	Davos

Source: SportStatistieken.nl^[3]

Tournament summary

year	Dutch Allround	European Allround	World Allround
1903
1904		NC2
1905
1906		NC3
1912
1919	NC4

Source: SportStatistieken.nl^[3]

Gallery

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  Coen de Koning Winner of Elfstedentocht

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  Coen de Koning

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  Coen de Koning in 1934

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  Jacobus de Koning with four sons
  Coen left, Jacques right (Sitting) Edam ca. 1900

References

v t e Elfstedentocht 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 van der Hoorn(NL) 10:51 191 km 17.6 km/h 1954 3 February -5.4°C Jeen van den Berg(NL) 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(NL) 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]. http://www.elfstedentocht.nl/nl/. Retrieved 2010-09-26.  * 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 (London). Wednesday, 31 January 1940. Issue 48527, col B, p. 7. Route by city Leeuwarden (start) Sneek IJlst Sloten Stavoren Hindeloopen Workum Bolsward Harlingen Franeker Dokkum Leeuwarden (finish) Route Variants Eleven Cities Cycling Tour

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