Coen de Koning

Coen de Koning (March 30, 1879 – July 29, 1954) was the second Dutch speed skating World Champion.^[1]

Born in Edam, North Holland, Netherlands, he won the speed skating title in his only World Championship competition in 1905 in Groningen (city), Groningen (province), Netherlands. He faced only three other skaters, one of which was Martinus Lørdahl from Norway, who won the 500-meter race.^[2] After that, De Koning won all three remaining distances, thus claiming the title. De Koning participated in the 1904 and 1905 European Championships and the 1903, 1905 and 1912 Dutch Championships, winning them all. He set National Records in 1905 in the 500-meter and 10,000-meter races. These records were broken in 1926 and 1929. Coen de Koning is also famous for winning the Elfstedentocht twice, in 1912 and 1917.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Coen de Koning". skateresults.com. http://www.skateresults.com/skaters/1836. Retrieved 2010-01-27. 
2. ^ "World Allround Championships Men 1905 (Men)". skateresults.com. http://www.skateresults.com/tournaments/world_allround_championships_1905_m. Retrieved 2010-01-27. 
3. ^ "Historie van de Elfstedentocht (in Dutch)". Koninklijke Vereniging De Friesche Elf Steden. http://www.elfstedentocht.nl/nl/de_vereniging/historie. Retrieved 2009-08-18. 

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Name	Koning, Coen De
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Date of birth	1879-03-30
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Date of death	1954-07-29
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