Ice skating marathons are long distance speed skating races which may be held on natural ice on canals, and bodies of water such as lakes and rivers. Marathon is a discipline of speed skating, which is founded in The Netherlands.
The races concern speed skating by at least five skaters who start all together on an ice rink with a minimum length of 333.33 meters or on a track:
* Minimum distance longer than 6.4 kilometers and up to 200 kilometers for skaters who have reached the age of 17 prior to the skating season on July 1.
* Minimum distance longer than 4 kilometers and up to 20 kilometers for skaters who have reached the age of or the age of 13, but have not yet reached the age of 17 before July 1 preceding the skating season.
* Minimum distance of 2 kilometers and up to 10 kilometers for skaters who have not yet reached the age of 13 before July 1 preceding the skating season.
Most famous race is the
Elfstedentocht (Eleven Cities) ice skating marathon (200 kilometers) on frozen canals in The Netherlands.
Marathon Ice Speed Skaters
Erik Jan Kooiman and
Carien Kleibeuker
Carien Kleibeuker (born 12 March 1978) is a Dutch former speed skater who is specialised in the long distances, 3000 and mainly 5000 metres. She is the current holder of the Dutch record on the 10,000 metres distances, as well as the current hold ...
currently possess the world hour record men (43.735,94 meters) and ladies (40.569,68 meters).
Notable marathon speedskaters
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Jorrit Bergsma
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K. C. Boutiette
KC Boutiette (born April 11, 1970) is an American speed skater from Tacoma, Washington, and a four-time Olympian. He was first of the wave of inline speed skaters who made the transition from inline to ice in order to have a shot at going to the ...
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Fabio Francolini Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian.
The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented ...
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Jan Maarten Heideman
Jan Maarten Heideman (born 16 June 1973) is a Dutch speed skater who specialises in marathon speed skating.
Heideman, currently living in a small town named Gelselaar in the Achterhoek, started as an all-around speed skater, finishing in 8th pos ...
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Mariska Huisman
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Sjoerd Huisman
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Erik Jan Kooiman
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Francesca Lollobrigida
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Tristan Loy Tristan Loy (born 11 May 1973) is a French long distance and marathon speedskater, long track speedskater, and inline speedskater.
Loy won the 120 kilometres race of the 2006 Finland Ice Marathon in Kuopio. During the 2006 Six Days of the Greener ...
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Fausto Marreiros
Fausto Marreiros (born 4 May 1966) is a Portuguese speed skater. He competed in the men's 5000 metres event at the 1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野19 ...
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Cédric Michaud
Cédric Michaud (born 26 February 1976, in Machecoul) is a French marathon speed skater.
He was the first non-Dutchman after Oleg Bozhev to win the Essent Cup in 2002–03, while he won the cup another time in 2005–06. In that year he also wo ...
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Irene Schouten
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Arjan Stroetinga
Arjan Stroetinga (born 26 June 1981) is a Dutch former professional speed skater.
He won the silver medal in the mass start event at the 2021 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships
The 2021 World Single Distances Speed Skating Cha ...
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Bart Swings
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Bob de Vries
Bob de Vries (born 16 December 1984) is a Dutch former marathon speed skater and long track speed skater. He is the brother of Elma de Vries.
Personal records
De Vries has a score of 151.799 points on the Adelskalendern.
Tournament ...
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Chris Witty {{flagicon, USA
See also
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KNSB Dutch Marathon Championships
External links
Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaats BondMarathonschaatsen.nlSchaatspeloton.nl
Ice skating