Cornelis "Kees" Broekman (2 July 1927 – 8 November 1992) was a Dutch
speed skater
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Oslo
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Broekman was silver medalist on both the 5000 meter and the 10000 meter, the first ever Winter Olympic medals for the Netherlands. He won a silver medal at the
World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men
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History
Distances used
* In 1889, three distances had to be skated: 1/2 ...
1949, and became European champion 1953.
In the 1950s Broekman moved to Norway, where he competed until the
1960 Summer Olympics
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. After the Games he retired to become a speed skating coach, bringing
Atje Keulen-Deelstra
Atje Keulen-Deelstra (31 December 1938 – 22 February 2013) was a Dutch speed skater, who was a four-time World Allround Champion between the age of 32 and 36.Göran Claeson to world titles. He later coached speed skating in
Berlin
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, where he died at age 65.
He was an uncle of the Olympic speed skater Stien Kaiser.