Cornelis "Kees" Broekman (2 July 1927 – 8 November 1992) was a Dutch

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. At the

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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

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1949, and became European champion 1953. In the 1950s Broekman moved to Norway, where he competed until the

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. After the Games he retired to become a speed skating coach, bringing

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to world titles. He later coached speed skating in

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, where he died at age 65. He was an uncle of the Olympic speed skater Stien Kaiser.

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* 1927 births 1992 deaths Dutch male speed skaters Dutch speed skating coaches Dutch sports coaches Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands Speed skaters at the 1948 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1952 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics People from De Lier World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists Speed skaters from South Holland 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub