Aad de Koning (25 December 1928 – 29 May 2010) was a Dutch

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

. He competed in three events at the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

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De Koning was born in

Purmerend Purmerend () is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and in the region of West Friesland. The city is surrounded by polders, such as the Purmer, Beemster and the Wormer. The city became the tra ...

and died in the Zuidoostbeemster in May 2010, aged 81. Several people in his family were speed skaters.22 February 2003
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* 1928 births 2010 deaths Dutch male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands Speed skaters at the 1948 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Purmerend {{Netherlands-speed-skating-bio-stub