Kees Verkerk

Kees Verkerk

Kees Verkerk (1968)
Personal information
Birth name	Cornelis Arie Verkerk
Nationality	Dutch
Born	28 October 1942 Puttershoek, Netherlands
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Club	Puttershoek
Turned pro	1964
Retired	1972
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 39.9 (1971) 1000 m: 1:21.4 (1971) 1500 m: 1:58.9 (1971) 3000 m: 4:14.9 (1972) 5000 m: 7:13.2 (1969) 10 000 m: 15:03.6 (1969)
Medal record Competitor for the  Netherlands Olympic Games 1968 Grenoble 1500 m 1964 Innsbruck 1500 m 1968 Grenoble 5000 m 1972 Sapporo 10000 m World Championships 1966 Gothenburg Allround 1967 Oslo Allround 1969 Deventer Allround 1970 Oslo Allround 1971 Gothenburg Allround European Championships 1966 Deventer Allround 1967 Lahti Allround 1969 Inzell Allround 1971 Heerenveen Allround

Cornelis Arie "Kees" Verkerk (born 28 October 1942) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.^[1]

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.^[1] 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.^[1]

World records

Over the course of his career, Verkerk skated eight world records:

Discipline	Time	Date	Location
Big combination	178.058	12 February 1967	Oslo
1500 m	2.03,9	26 February 1967	Inzell
5000 m	7.26,6	26 February 1967	Inzell
Big combination	172.058	10 March 1968	Inzell
10,000 m	15.03,6	26 January 1969	Inzell
1500 m	2.02,0	9 February 1969	Davos
5000 m	7.13,2	1 March 1969	Inzell
1500 m	2.01,9	8 March 1970	Inzell

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[2]

Personal records

Kees Verkerk with father at the 1968 Olympics

Personal records
500m	39.9	15 January 1971	Davos
1,000m	1:21.4	19 January 1971	Davos
1,500m	1:58.9	16 January 1971	Davos
3,000m	4:14.9	2 March 1972	Inzell
5,000m	7:13.2	1 March 1969	Inzell
10,000m	15:03.6	26 January 1969	Inzell
Big combination	171.520	23 January 1972	Davos

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.^[3] The Adelskalender is an all-time allround speed skating ranking.^[4][5]

References

Verkerk at the European Championships in 1967

Notes

1. Kees Verkerk. sports-reference.com
2. "Kees Verkerk". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
3. Days at the top of the Adelskalendern. evertstenlund.se
4. Evolution of the Adelskalender 1959–1969. evertstenlund.se
5. Evolution of the Adelskalender 1969–1979. evertstenlund.se

Bibliography

• Bal, Rien and Van Dijk, Rob. Schaatskampioenen, alles over het seizoen 68–69 (Speedskating Champions, all about the season 68–69) . Amsterdam, the Netherlands: N.V. Het Parool, 1969. (Dutch)
• Bestebreurtje, Ger. Heya Keessie – Verkerk vertelt. Deventer, the Netherlands: Uitgeverij N.Kluwer N.V., 1969.
• Eng, Trond. All Time International Championships, Complete Results: 1889 – 2002. Askim, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2002.
• Froger, Fred R. Topsporters: Ard Schenk * Kees Verkerk (Elite Athletes: Ard Schenk * Kees Verkerk). Bussum, the Netherlands: Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1967. (Dutch)
• ___________ Winnaars op de schaats (Victors on Skates), Een Parool Sportpocket. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: N.V. Het Parool, 1968. (Dutch)
• Koomen, Theo. 10 Jaar Topschaatsen (10 Years Elite Speedskating). Laren (NH), the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Luitingh, 1971. ISBN 90-245-0114-8. (Dutch)
• _________ Topschaatsen 1972 (Elite Speedskating 1972). Laren (NH), the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Luitingh, 1972. ISBN 90-245-0152-0. (Dutch)
• _________ Topschaatsen 3 (Elite Speedskating 3). Laren (NH), the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Luitingh, 1973. ISBN 90-245-0194-6. (Dutch)
• Maaskant, Piet. Flitsende Ijzers, De geschiedenis van de schaatssport (Flashing Blades, the History of Dutch Speedskating). Zwolle, the Netherlands: La Rivière & Voorhoeve, 1967 (Second revised and expanded edition). (Dutch)
• _________ Heya, Heya! Het nieuwe boek van de Schaatssport (Heya, Heya! The New book of Dutch Speedskating). Zwolle, the Netherlands: La Rivière & Voorhoeve, 1970. (Dutch)
• Peereboom, Klaas. Van Jaap Eden tot Ard Schenk (From Jaap Eden till Ard Schenk). Baarn, the Netherlands: De Boekerij, 1972. ISBN 90-225-0346-1. (Dutch)
• Teigen, Magne. Komplette Resultater Internasjonale Mesterskap 1889 – 1989: Menn/Kvinner, Senior/Junior, allround/sprint. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989. (Norwegian)
• Van Eyle, Wim. Een Eeuw Nederlandse Schaatssport (A Century of Dutch Speedskating). Utrecht, the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, 1982. ISBN 90-274-9476-2. (Dutch)
• Witkamp, Anton and Koning, Dolf (eds.). Schaatsgoud '72 (Speedskating Gold '72). Bussum, the Netherlands: Teleboek NV, 1972. ISBN 90-6122-204-4. (Dutch)

External links

• Kees Verkerk at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• Short biography from Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages