KNSB Dutch Speed Skating Championships

The Dutch Championships are organised by the KNSB.

Contents

• Championships
• Other Championships
• References

In 1887 the first Dutch open championships took place in Slikkerveer. The men skated one distance, the mile. In the final the Englishmen Charles Tebbit the Dutch skater Willem-Jan van Vollenhoven (the great-grandfather of Pieter van Vollenhoven. The first official Dutch Allround championships took place in 1901 in Leeuwarden. The champion became Eeko Banning.

The Dutch Allround Championships for women has been organised since 1955, when only 3 distances were skated.

Since 1969 there is also organised a Dutch Sprint championship and since 1987 also a Dutch Single Distance championship.