Antonius "Anton" Albertus Jozef Huiskes (5 March 1928 – 9 November 2008) was a Dutch

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who competed at the 1948 and

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. He was born in

Wierden Wierden (; Tweants: ''Wierdn'') is a town and a municipality in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The municipality of Wierden also includes the following towns, villages and townships: Enter, , , Notter, Rectum, and . T ...

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and died in

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. In 1948 he finished 27th in the 500 m, 13th in the 10000 m, 24th in the

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, 12th in the

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and 13th in the 10000 m event. Four years later he was fourth in the

and fifth in the 10000 m competition. In 1953 Huiskes won distance medals at the World and European Championships and set a new world record in the 3000 m, which stood for 10 years. He then retired from competition and became a successful coach, leading Ard Schenk and

Kees Verkerk Cornelis Arie "Kees" Verkerk (born 28 October 1942) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.

to European and world titles in the mid 1960s. Huiskes was dismissed by the Dutch skating federation due to his attempts to commercialize skating, but he was hired by the Swedish team, and prepared

Johnny Höglin Hans Johnny Höglin (born 26 February 1943) is a Swedish speed skater whose greatest moment was to win a gold medal in the 10000-meter event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.Anton Huiskes
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World record

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

References

1928 births 2008 deaths People from Wierden Dutch male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands Speed skaters at the 1948 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1952 Winter Olympics World record setters in speed skating Sportspeople from Overijssel {{Netherlands-speed-skating-bio-stub