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Ice Skating Marathon
Ice skating marathons are long distance speed skating races which may be held on natural ice on canals, and bodies of water such as lakes and rivers. Marathon is a discipline of speed skating, which is founded in The Netherlands. The races concern speed skating by at least five skaters who start all together on an ice rink with a minimum length of 333.33 meters or on a track: * Minimum distance longer than 6.4 kilometers and up to 200 kilometers for skaters who have reached the age of 17 prior to the skating season on July 1. * Minimum distance longer than 4 kilometers and up to 20 kilometers for skaters who have reached the age of or the age of 13, but have not yet reached the age of 17 before July 1 preceding the skating season. * Minimum distance of 2 kilometers and up to 10 kilometers for skaters who have not yet reached the age of 13 before July 1 preceding the skating season. Most famous race is the Elfstedentocht (Eleven Cities) ice skating marathon (200 kilometers) on frozen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elfstedentocht
The ''Elfstedentocht'' (; West Frisian: ''Alvestêdetocht'' , English: ''Eleven cities tour'') is a long-distance tour skating event on natural ice, almost long, which is held both as a speed skating competition (with 300 contestants) and a leisure tour (with 16,000 skaters). The ''Elfstedentocht'' is the biggest ice-skating tour in the world. The tour is held in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands, leading past all eleven historical cities of the province. The tour is held at most once a year, only when the natural ice along the entire course is at least thick; sometimes on consecutive years, other times with gaps that may exceed 20 years. When the ice is suitable, the tour is announced and starts within 48 hours. The Elfstedentocht has been declared to be in danger of "extinction" due to climate change. In the past 50 years, the ''Elfstedentocht'' has taken place only three times, most recently in 1997. Course and rules The tour, almost 200 km in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fausto Marreiros
Fausto Marreiros (born 4 May 1966) is a Portuguese speed skater. He competed in the men's 5000 metres event at the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the .... References 1966 births Living people Portuguese male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Portugal Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Portugal-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Witty
Christine Diane Witty (born June 23, 1975) is an American speed skater and racing cyclist and participated in the Olympic Games in both sports. She won medals at both 1000 and 1500 meters in the 1998 Winter Olympics. In 2002, she won the Olympic gold medal at the 1000 meters in Salt Lake City, setting a world record in the process. In 1996 she became World Champion Sprint, in 1997 and 1998 she became second and in 2000 she became third. In 1998 she won the gold medal at the World Single Distance Championships at the 1000 m, in 1996 the silver and in 2000 the bronze medal at the same distance. In 2000, she placed fifth overall in the 500 m cycling time trials at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, becoming only the ninth American ever to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. In 2006, she was elected by her teammates to carry the United States flag at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Personal life Witty has reported that she had experienced childh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob De Vries
Bob de Vries (born 16 December 1984) is a Dutch former marathon speed skater and long track speed skater. He is the brother of Elma de Vries. Personal records De Vries has a score of 151.799 points on the Adelskalendern. Tournament overview * DNQ = Did not qualify for the last distance source: World Cup * DQ = Disqualified * (b) = Division B * – = Did not participate * * = 10000 meter Career highlights ;2003–04 : Essent Cup, Overall Men's B-Class, 1st ;2004–05 : Essent Cup, Groningen, 2nd : Essent Cup, Alkmaar, 3rd : Essent Cup, Overall Men's A-Class, 1st (juniors) ;2005–06 : Essent Cup, Eindhoven, 3rd ;2006–07 : Essent Cup, Eindhoven, 3rd : The Greenery Six, Groningen, 2nd : Essent Cup, Assen, 3rd : Essent Three Days, Groningen day 1 stage 2, 2nd : A-Class race, Hoorn, 1st : Essent Cup, Alkmaar, 3rd : The Greenery Six, Men's A-Class, 1st (juniors) ;2007–08 : KNSB Cup, Heerenveen (1), 1st : Essent Cup, Assen (1), 1st : KNSB Cup, Haarlem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart Swings
Bart Swings (born 12 February 1991) is a Belgian long track speed skater and inline speed skater. He is the 2022 Olympic champion on the speed skating mass start. Swings won Belgium's first gold medal in 74 years and is the first Belgian athlete ever to have won two medals in the Winter Olympics. Career At his first world championship speed skating event, the 2011 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Inzell, Germany, he finished 17th in the 5000 m. At the 2012 World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Moscow, he finished 9th overall, with a personal record at the 500 m and a national record at the 1500 m. At the 2013 World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Hamar, he finished 3rd overall and took the Bronze medal back home to Belgium. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, he won a silver medal in the 1st ever Mass start at the Winter Olympics. Four years later, he won the gold medal in this event. It was Belgium's second-ever gold medal in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjan Stroetinga
Arjan Stroetinga (born 26 June 1981) is a Dutch former professional speed skater. He won the silver medal in the mass start event at the 2021 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships The 2021 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships were held between 11 and 14 February 2021, at Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Schedule ''All times are local (UTC+1).'' Russia doping ban On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Dopin ..., after gold in 2015. He became seven times Dutch national marathon champion. He retired at the end of the 2020-21 speed skating season. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stroetinga, Arjan 1981 births Living people Dutch male speed skaters World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Friesland People from Ooststellingwerf 21st-century Dutch people 20th-century Dutch people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Schouten
Irene Schouten (; born 21 June 1992) is a Dutch speed skater who competes in allround marathon and inline-skating events. She is a five-time Olympic medalist and a triple Olympic Champion, having won the 3,000m, 5,000m, and mass start events at the 2022 Beijing Games. As of 12 February 2022, she holds the Olympic record in both distances (3000m & 5000m). Her coach is Jillert Anema. On 2 March 2014, Schouten finished in third place at the 2014 Dutch Allround Championships and qualified for the 2014 World Allround Championships in Thialf, Heerenveen Heerenveen (, fry, It Hearrenfean ) is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the municipality had a population 50,859 (1 July). .... At the 2018 Winter Olympic Games she won the bronze medal in the mass start event. At the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, Schouten became the most successful Dutch Olympic athlete of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cédric Michaud
Cédric Michaud (born 26 February 1976, in Machecoul) is a French marathon speed skater. He was the first non-Dutchman after Oleg Bozhev to win the Essent Cup in 2002–03, while he won the cup another time in 2005–06. In that year he also won the Dick van Gangelen Trophy and the Six Days of the Greenery. He also won the latter in 2001–02 and 2002–03. As of today Michaud has won 35 marathons on artificial speed skating tracks, including two during the 2006 Six Days of the Greenery. Between 2002 and 2006 he rode 26 races in the orange suit as the leader of the Essent Cup. While between 2000 and 2006 he was wearing the Brussels sprout suit for being the leader in the Six Days of the Greenery 25 days, which is the current record, with K. C. Boutiette KC Boutiette (born April 11, 1970) is an American speed skater from Tacoma, Washington, and a four-time Olympian. He was first of the wave of inline speed skaters who made the transition from inline to ice in order to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristan Loy
Tristan Loy (born 11 May 1973) is a French long distance and marathon speedskater, long track speedskater, and inline speedskater. Loy won the 120 kilometres race of the 2006 Finland Ice Marathon in Kuopio. During the 2006 Six Days of the Greenery he did not win a race, nor the final classification, but he was named to be the most exciting skater of the tournament. As a result, he was awarded 18 points for the 2007 Dick van Gangelen Trophy, most of all participating skaters. Loy also takes part in international long track speed skating races, usually over the long distances 5,000 and 10,000 metres. His performances include a first place (Kolomna, December 2007) and a second place (Erfurt, February 2007) in the B group World Cup race over 10,000 metres. On the first of these occasions, his Group B winning time 13:14.92 was only beaten by one skater in Group A; and on the second occasion, his time was the sixth fastest at the event, faster than Olympic gold medallist Bob de Jong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Lollobrigida
Francesca Lollobrigida (born 7 February 1991) is an Italian speed skater. She was born in Frascati. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she placed 23rd in the 3000 meters. Actress Gina Lollobrigida was her grand-aunt. Lollobrigida is the current holder of the Italian records on 3000 and 5000 metres. She won a silver medal and a bronze in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Lollobrigida has won several championship medals in inline speed skating Inline speed skating is the roller sport of racing on inline skates. The sport may also be called ''inline racing'' by participants. Although it primarily evolved from racing on traditional roller skates, the sport is similar enough to ice spee .... Speed skating Personal records References External links * 1991 births Living people People from Frascati Italian female speed skaters Inline speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of Italy Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sjoerd Huisman
Sjoerd Huisman (19 June 1986 – 30 December 2013) was a Dutch speed skater who specialised in marathon speed skating. Career Huisman made his debut in marathon speed skating in 2005 to become one of the best sprinters in the peloton. His biggest success was winning the Dutch championship on natural ice in 2009 at the Oostvaardersplassen. A year later Huisman won the Essent Cup and the Dutch Open at the Austrian Weissensee. Huisman was also successful in inline skating. In 2010 he won the Dutch marathon championship. In May 2011, Huisman was involved in a car accident after he blacked-out behind the wheel. Seven months later he returned to the peloton. Honours * Dutch national marathon speed skating champion: 1 time * Dutch national marathon inlineskating champion: 1 time Personal longtrack records Personal life and death His sister, Mariska Huisman, is one of the Netherlands' most successful female marathon speed skaters. On 30 December 2013, Huisman died of cardia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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