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Wim De Graaff
Willem "Wim" de Graaff (25 August 1931 – 12 January 2021) was a Dutch speed skater who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics and in the 1960 Winter Olympics. He was born and died in Rotterdam. In 1956 he finished fourth in the 5000 metres event, eleventh in the 1500 metres competition, 18th in the 10000 metres contest, and 43rd in the 500 metres event. Four years later he finished 15th in the 1500 metres competition and 28th in the 500 metres contest at the 1960 Games. He later became a famous skate coach and owner of a sportshop in Maassluis Maassluis () is a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of in and covered of which was water. It received city rights in 1811. History Maassluis was founded circa 1340 as a se .... References External links * 1931 births 2021 deaths Dutch male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands Speed skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics Speed s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Nottet
Petrus "Peter" Wilhelmus Frederikus Nottet (born 23 September 1944) is a Dutch Speed skating, speed skater who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics and in the 1968 Winter Olympics. In 1964 he finished 34th in the Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics, 5000 metres event. Four years later he won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres competition. In the Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics, 10000 metres contest he finished eighth, in the Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics, 1500 metres event he finished ninth, and in the Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics, 500 metres competition he finished 30th. The 5000 m race in 1968 was his milestone. Nationally, his best achievement was second place all-round the same year. He competed in 6 world and 7 European championships but never won a medal, once finishing fourth at the 1969 world championships. He retired from competitions in 1973. Personal records Source: References 1944 births Living people Dutch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed Skating At The 1960 Winter Olympics - Men's 500 Metres
In everyday use and in kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as ''v'') of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position per unit of time; it is thus a scalar quantity. The average speed of an object in an interval of time is the distance travelled by the object divided by the duration of the interval; the instantaneous speed is the limit of the average speed as the duration of the time interval approaches zero. Speed is not the same as velocity. Speed has the dimensions of distance divided by time. The SI unit of speed is the metre per second (m/s), but the most common unit of speed in everyday usage is the kilometre per hour (km/h) or, in the US and the UK, miles per hour (mph). For air and marine travel, the knot is commonly used. The fastest possible speed at which energy or information can travel, according to special relativity, is the speed of light in a vacuum ''c'' = metres per second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
