Jeen van den Berg
Jeen van den Berg (born January 8, 1928 in De Veenhoop , † October 8, 2014 in Heerenveen ) was a Dutch speed skater on the long distance and in the marathon. He gained notoriety as the winner of the Elfstedentocht in 1954.
Career
Van den Berg made his debut at the Elfstedentocht, the most important natural ice long-distance race in speed skating, in 1947. He won the next race in 1954 in a record time of 7 hours and 35 minutes, which his compatriot Evert van Benthem only won in 1985 undercut. In 1956 he finished sixth, eight minutes behind a group of five who had crossed the finish line together, which is why the race was not officially rated. In the 1963 race, which was difficult due to icy temperatures and strong winds, he finished third. In 1985, 1986 and most recently in 1997 he drove the Elfstedentocht out of competition as a touring driver.
Van den Berg was also the 1956 Dutch runner-up in the all-around competition behind Wim de Graaff and two-time participants in the Winter Olympics . In 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo , he finished 24th over the 5000 m distance . 1960 in Squaw Valley it was over 5000 m to 19th place and 10,000 m to 22nd place. In 1973, at the age of 44, he became the first Dutch master in marathon skating.
Jeen van den Berg won over a thousand prizes, medals and trophies in his career, which he bequeathed to the Speed Skating Museum in Hindeloopen in 2004 . He was an honorary citizen of Heerenveen and a knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau . He died on October 8, 2014 at the age of 86 from complications from a stroke .
Web links
- Jeen van den Berg in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Jeen van den Berg. Profile on schaatsstatistieken.nl (Dutch)
- John Volkers: Jeen van den Berg: een zege voor een fles jenever en eeuwige roem. Obituary in de Volkskrant of October 8, 2014 (Dutch)
- Jeen: 85 yea! Video on the occasion of the 85th birthday in the media library of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep on October 9, 2014 (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary notice. In: Leeuwarder Courant of October 10, 2014 (Dutch, accessed October 10, 2014).
- ↑ Elfstedenkampioen Van den Berg overleden. In: De Telegraaf of September 8, 2014 (Dutch, accessed October 9, 2014).
- ↑ Jeen van den Berg (86) overleden. Announcement on the homepage of the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting dated September 8, 2014 (Dutch, accessed October 9, 2014).
- ↑ Jeen van den Berg. Information on the homepage of Het 1ste Friese Schaatmuseum (Dutch, accessed October 9, 2014).
- ↑ Jeen van den Berg ferstoarn. Report on omropfryslan.nl of October 8, 2014 ( Frisian , accessed October 9, 2014).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berg, Jeen van den |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch speed skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | De Veenhoop , Friesland Province , The Netherlands |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 2014 |
| Place of death | Heerenveen , Friesland Province , The Netherlands |