Ab Krook (18 June 1944 – 13 October 2020) was a Dutch speed skating coach between 1977 and 2006. He was also a speed skater between 1967 and 1971. He competed at Dutch National Championships, but never reached the top. After being coach he held other functions within Dutch speed skating.

Biography

Krook was born in

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on 18 June 1944. He was coach of the Dutch national women’s team between 1977 and 1981; between 1981 and 1988 of the West German National Team; and from 1988 of the Dutch national men’s team. Krook had partaken in nine Winter Olympics. He was coach during eight Winter Olympics and later served as a coordinator. Among others he coached

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winning the Olympic gold medal and

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the silver medal at the

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. He coached Bart Veldkamp winning gold at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

. Krook suffered a cerebral infarction in 2018. He died from complication of a second infarction on 13 October 2020 in Blaricum, aged 76.

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* Dutch speed skating coaches Speed skating in the Netherlands Dutch sports coaches 1944 births 2020 deaths People from Wijdemeren Sportspeople from North Holland {{Netherlands-speed-skating-bio-stub