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Dutch speed skater (born 1967) For the footballer, see Henk Angenent (footballer).

Henk Angenent
Personal information
Born (1967-11-01) 1 November 1967 (age 57)
Woubrugge, Netherlands
Websitewww.henkangenent.nl
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro1995
Retired2009
Achievements and titles
Personal best1997 Elfstedentocht

Henk Angenent (born 1 November 1967) is a retired Dutch speed skater, specialising in marathon skating and the longer distances. Angenent won the Elfstedentocht on 4 January 1997, outsprinting favourite Erik Hulzebosch at the finish.

On 12 March 2004 in Calgary, Angenent skated 41.669 km in one hour, which was the world record in this event until 15 March 2007, when Casper Helling skated 300 metres more. The previous world record was Roberto Sighel's 41.041 km from 24 March 1999. He won a 4th place at the 10,000 metres of the 2003 World Single Distance Championships, after Bob de Jong, Carl Verheijen and Lasse Sætre. Earlier that year he became Dutch champion on the same distance at the KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships.

Angenent is a farmer, he grows mainly Brussels sprouts. After winning the Elfstedentocht many interviews were done with Angenent and this subject came up on many occasions. When marathon speedskating became more popular in the Netherlands and the Six Days of the Greenery were introduced, the overall leader of the race wears a Brussels sprout suit. So far he wore the suit himself once in the 2000–01 season. He wore the orange suit for the leader of the Essent Cup a total of 13 days. With his 21 career wins of speed skating marathons on artificial tracks he is ranked 11th together with Henk Portengen and K. C. Boutiette. He is however 3rd in the ranking of still active skaters, behind Jan Maarten Heideman and Cédric Michaud.

Results

Year Dutch Distance World Distance
2003 7th 5000 m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000 m		 4th 10000 m
2004 20th 5000 m
10th 10000 m		 -
2005 14th 5000 m
4th 10000 m		 -
2006 13th 5000 m
6th 10000 m

Personal bests

Personal records
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 41.59 8 February 2005 Thialf, Heerenveen
1,000 m 1:19.54 18 November 2005 Thialf, Heerenveen
1,500 m 1:56.89 17 November 2005 Thialf, Heerenveen
3,000 m 3:56.94 18 November 2005 Thialf, Heerenveen
5,000 m 6:35.73 11 January 2005 Thialf, Heerenveen
10,000 m 13:21.03 19 February 2005 Thialf, Heerenveen
41,669 m 60:00.00 12 March 2004 Olympic Oval, Calgary World record (until 15 March 2007)

Angenent has an Adelskalender score of 160.177 points.

References

  1. Spruitjespak, schaatspeloton.nl
  2. Oranje, schaatsepeloton.nl
  3. Overwinningen, schaatspeloton.nl
  4. "Henk Angenent". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

External links

Elfstedentocht
Year Date Temperature Winner (*) Time Distance Average speed
1909 2 January n/a Minne Hoekstra [nl] 13:50 189 km 13.7 km/h
1912 7 February 3.8°C Coen de Koning 11:40 189 km 16.2 km/h
1917 27 January -1.8°C Coen de Koning 9:53 189 km 19.1 km/h
1929 12 February -10.1°C Karst Leemburg [nl] 11:09 191 km 17.1 km/h
1933 16 December -2.0°C 9:53 195 km 19.7 km/h
1940 30 January -6.1°C 11:34 198.5 km 17.3 km/h
1941 7 February 0.0°C Auke Adema 9:19 198.5 km 21.3 km/h
1942 22 January -11.7°C Sietze de Groot [nl] 8:44 198 km 22.7 km/h
1947 8 February -8.5°C Jan W. van der Hoorn [nl] 10:51 191 km 17.6 km/h
1954 3 February -5.4°C Jeen van den Berg 7:35 198.5 km 26.2 km/h
1956 14 February -4.9°C no winner declared (**) — 190.5 km —
1963 18 January -7.7°C Reinier Paping 10:59 196.5 km 17.9 km/h
Winner men Winner women (*)
1985 21 February 0.3°C Evert van Benthem Lenie van der Hoorn [nl] 6:47 196.8 km 29.0 km/h
1986 26 February -6.9°C Evert van Benthem Tineke Dijkshoorn [nl] 6:55 199.3 km 28.8 km/h
1997 4 January -3.6°C Henk Angenent Klasina Seinstra [nl] 6:49 199.6 km 29.3 km/h
  • "History" (in Dutch). Vereniging De Friesche Elf Steden . Retrieved 26 September 2010.

* Women were first allowed to take part in the tour proper in 1985; before then they had to skate with the amateurs and no award was given.

** After shared wins in 1933 and 1940, when the front-runners decided not to compete but join hands to cross the line together, this practice was forbidden by the organisation. Jan van der Hoorn, Aad de Koning, Jeen Nauta, Maus Wijnhout and Anton Verhoeven however ignored this rule when they crossed the finish line in unison. They were not disqualified, but no winner was declared.

  • "3,000 Skaters in 124-mile race". The Times. No. 48527. London. 31 January 1940. col B, p. 7.
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