Jeen van den Berg (8 January 1928 – 8 October 2014) was a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

long track speed skating 　 Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skating marathon, ...

athlete primarily known as the winner of 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 ...

of 1954. He competed in the race a record seven times, with his first race being in 1947 and his final one in 1997. On 3 February 1954, van den Berg finished the race in a record 7 hours and 35 minutes, a record finally bettered by

Evert van Benthem Evert van Benthem (born 21 November 1958) is a Dutch former speed skater who won the rarely raced Elfstedentocht twice in a row, in 1985 and 1986. Early career Van Benthem, a farmer from Leeuwte, near Vollenhove in The Netherlands, became invol ...

31 years later. He came third in the infamous 1963 race.Oud-Elfstedentochtwinnaar Jeen van den Berg is woensdag op 86-jarige leeftijd overleden
- Schaatsen In 1973 he became the first Dutch marathon skate champion.

Olympic Games

As a long-track speed skater, Van den Berg took part at the

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and

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ...

. In 1956 he finished 24th at the 5000 meters and in 1960 he ended 19th at the 5000 and 22nd at the 1500 meters.

Personal records

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Tournament overview

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Personal life and death

Married to Atty, van den Berg was a teacher by profession. In 2014 he suffered a

cerebral hemorrhage Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as cerebral bleed, intraparenchymal bleed, and hemorrhagic stroke, or haemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain, into its ventricles, or into both. It is one kind of bleed ...

and died in a nursing home on 8 October 2014 at the age of 86.Jeen van den Berg (86) overleden
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Berg van den, Jeen 1928 births 2014 deaths People from Smallingerland Dutch male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Friesland