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Jeen Jorg van den Berg

Jeen van den Berg, Elfstedentocht winner 1954
Personal information
Born	(1928-01-08)8 January 1928 De Veenhoop, Netherlands
Died	8 October 2014(2014-10-08) (aged 86) Heerenveen, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing the  Netherlands Dutch Marathon Championships 1973 Natural ice

Jeen van den Berg (8 January 1928 – 8 October 2014) was a Dutch long track speed skating athlete primarily known as the winner of the Elfstedentocht 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 31 years later. He came third in the infamous 1963 race.

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 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics. 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

Season	Dutch Championships Allround	European Championships Allround	Olympic Games	World Championships Allround	Elfstedentocht Eleven City Tour	Loosdrecht Tour	Spannenburg Tour
1950–51	ZUTPHEN 21st 500m 6th 5000m DNS 1500m DNS 10000m NC overall
1953–54	ZWOLLE 13th 500m 5000m 7th 1500m 6th 10000m 6th overall				FRIESLAND ca.200 km
1954–55	HEERENVEEN 11th 500m 5000m 23rd 1500m 10000m 5th overall
1955–56	KRALINGEN 8th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall		CORTINA d'AMPEZZO 24th 5000m		FRIESLAND 6th ca.200 km
1956–57				ÖSTERSUND 27th 500m 11th 5000m 23rd 1500m 9th 10000m 16th overall
1957–58		ESKILSTUNA 27th 500m 16th 5000m 24th 1500m 7th 10000m 16th overall		HELSINKI 38th 500m 7th 5000m 21st 1500m 14th 10000m 16th overall
1958–59		GOTHENBURG 36th 500m 7th 5000m 25th 1500m 11th 10000m 16th overall		OSLO 35th 500m 9th 5000m 35th 1500m 14th 10000m 15th overall
1959–60		OSLO 24th 500m 13th 5000m 16th 1500m 13th 10000m 13th overall	SQUAW VALLEY 19th 5000m 22nd 10000m	DAVOS 32nd 500m 10th 5000m 20th 1500m 4th 10000m 13th overall
1961–62	AMSTERDAM 25th 500m 15th 5000m 11th 1500m 11th 10000m 11th overall						SPANNENBURG ca.60 km
1962–63	GRONINGEN 17th 500m 8th 5000m 11th 1500m 10000m 6th overall				FRIESLAND ca.200 km
1963–64						LOOSDRECHT ca.120 km

DNS = Did not start

NC = No classification

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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 and died in a nursing home on 8 October 2014 at the age of 86.

References

1. Oud-Elfstedentochtwinnaar Jeen van den Berg (86) overleden - Volkskrant (in Dutch)
2. Jeen van den Berg: een zege voor een fles jenever en eeuwige roem - Volkskrant (in Dutch)
3. ^ Oud-Elfstedentochtwinnaar Jeen van den Berg is woensdag op 86-jarige leeftijd overleden Archived 2014-10-11 at the Wayback Machine - Schaatsen (in Dutch)
4. Jeen van den Berg overleden - Leeuwarder Couranr (in Dutch)
5. "Skater Profile | Jeen van den Berg | Men | Netherlands".
6. "Jeen van den Berg". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
7. "Jeen van den Berg". speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
8. "Jeen van den Berg". ISU.org. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
9. "Jeen van den Berg". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
10. Jeen van den Berg (86) overleden - NOS (in Dutch)

External links

• Jeen van den Berg at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Jeen van den Berg at Olympics.com

v t e 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 Abe de Vries [nl] Sipke Castelein [nl] 9:53 195 km 19.7 km/h 1940 30 January -6.1°C Piet Keijzer [nl] Auke Adema Cor Jongert [nl] Durk van der Duim [nl] Sjouke Westra [nl] 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 2010-09-26. * 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.
Route by city	Leeuwarden (start) Sneek IJlst Sloten Stavoren Hindeloopen Workum Bolsward Harlingen Franeker Dokkum Leeuwarden (finish)
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• Speed skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics
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• 20th-century Dutch sportsmen