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
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 lei ...
(Eleven Cities) ice skating marathon (200 kilometers) on frozen canals in The Netherlands.
Marathon Ice Speed Skaters
Erik Jan Kooiman and
Carien Kleibeuker currently possess the world hour record men (43.735,94 meters) and ladies (40.569,68 meters).
Notable marathon speedskaters
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Jorrit Bergsma
Jacob Jorrit Bergsma (; born 1 February 1986) is a Dutch speed skater and marathon skater. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 10,000 m. His coach is Jillert Anema.
Biography
Bergsma has been skating for the BAM team si ...
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K. C. Boutiette
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Fabio Francolini
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Jan Maarten Heideman
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Mariska Huisman
Mariska Huisman (born 23 November 1983) is a Dutch marathon skater and speed skater. She was the first winner of a mass start worldcup in Astana
Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is t ...
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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 bigge ...
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Erik Jan Kooiman
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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.
Lollob ...
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Tristan Loy
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Fausto Marreiros
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Cédric Michaud
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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 t ...
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Arjan Stroetinga
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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 athlet ...
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Bob de Vries
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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 Olympi ...
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See also
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KNSB Dutch Marathon Championships
The Dutch Marathon Championships is a speed skating event composed of two championships. One on natural ice and one on artificial ice.
Natural ice
The championship was skated for the first time in 1979. In the next 33 years the championship could ...
External links
Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaats BondMarathonschaatsen.nlSchaatspeloton.nl
Ice skating