Birth name Cornelis Arie Verkerk Club Puttershoek Weight 71 kg Height 1.71 m | Role Speed Skater Nationality Dutch Name Kees Verkerk | |
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Olympic medals Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres Similar People Ard Schenk, Fred Anton Maier, Sten Stensen, Ivar Eriksen, Ants Antson | ||
OL1968 1500m Kees Verkerk
Biografie oud-schaatser Kees Verkerk gepresenteerd
Cornelis Arie "Kees" Verkerk (born 28 October 1942) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.
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- OL1968 1500m Kees Verkerk
- Biografie oud schaatser Kees Verkerk gepresenteerd
- Short biography
- World records
- Personal records
- References
Short biography
Kees Verkerk was World Allround Champion in 1966 and 1967, and European Allround Champion in 1967. He won an Olympic gold medal on the 1,500 m in 1968 and a silver medal on the 5,000 m. Four years earlier (in 1964), he had won Olympic silver on the 1,500 m. In 1972, he won Olympic silver on the 10,000 m. Nationally, he won four Allround titles in 1966, 1967, 1969 and 1972. As a result of his performances, he received the Oscar Mathisen Award in 1966 and 1967, the first skater to win this award twice, although until 1967, skaters were not eligible to win it more than once.
In 1973, together with Ard Schenk and a dozen other skaters, Verkerk joined in a newly formed professional league, but this lasted only two years. The end of this professional league also marked the end of Verkerk's career as a speed skater. Later, he was coach of the Swedish team. Verkerk met his Norwegian wife in 1972 and has lived in Norway since his speed skating career ended.
World records
Over the course of his career, Verkerk skated eight world records:
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com
Personal records
Verkerk has an Adelskalender score of 168.033 points. Except for two days in February 1968, he was number one on the Adelskalender from 28 February 1967 until 5 February 1971 – a total of 1,444 days. The Adelskalender is an all-time allround speed skating ranking.