Beorn Nijenhuis

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Beorn Nijenhuis
Beorn Nijenhuis (2008-11-15).jpg
Nijenhuis in 2008
Personal information
Born (1984-04-02) 2 April 1984 (age 40)
Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada
Sport
Country Netherlands
Sport Speed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best 2006 Winter Olympics

Beorn Nijenhuis (born 2 April 1984) is a Dutch speed skater, who represented the Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

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Born in Canada, where he started speed skating, he eventually moved to the Netherlands at the age of 13. A year later he received his Dutch citizenship, and started competing for them soon after.

He has been a standout in the men's 1000m on the international scene, ranking second in the Speed Skating World Cup standings and finishing fifth at the 2005 World Single Distance Championships. He was third in the final 1500m World Cup rankings. He was national record holder in the 1000 meter from 2008 to 2012.

The Torino Olympics was his first appearance at the Olympics. He finished 35th in the 500 metres and 12th in the 1000 meters.

Personal records

Personal records [1]
speed skating
EventResultDateLocationNotes
500 meter35.0020 November 2005 Salt Lake City
1000 meter1:07.0716 March 2008 Calgary
1500 meter1:43.6613 March 2008 Calgary
3000 meter3:50.2424 March 2002 Calgary
5000 meter6:45.5422 March 2002 Calgary
10000 meter15:05.3727 November 2002 Groningen

Nijenhuis has an Adelskalender score of 155.350 points

World records established

EventResultDateLocationNotes
1500 meter 1:46.8021 March 2002 Calgary Junior world record until 21 March 2003
1000 meter 1:10.6523 March 2002 Calgary Junior world record until 11 January 2003
1000 meter 1:08.8311 January 2003 Salt Lake City Junior world record until 19 January 2003
Sprint combination 140.31512 January 2003 Calgary Junior world record until 19 January 2003
1000 meter 1:08.5319 January 2003 Calgary Junior world record until 2 December 2017
Sprint combination 139.75019 January 2003 Calgary Junior world record

Source: [2]

Tournament overview


Season
Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances
Dutch
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Single
Distances
Olympic
Games
World
Cup
World
Championships
Junior
Allround

2000–01
THE HAGUE

21st 1000m

2001–02
COLLALBO

5th 500m
7th 3000m
4th 1500m
4th 5000m
Gold medal icon.svg overall
Bronze medal icon.svg Team pursuit

2002–03
UTRECHT

6th 500m
10th 1000m
13th 1500m
GRONINGEN

4th 500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1000m
4th 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 1000m
Bronze medal icon.svg overall
CALGARY

10th 500m
9th 1000m
15th 500m
5th 1000m
11th overall

42nd 500m
13th 1000m
25th 1500m

2003–04
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
4th 1000m
6th 1500m
UTRECHT

5th 500m
4th 1000m
5th 500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1000m
Bronze medal icon.svg overall
NAGANO

13th 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 1000m
13th 500m
12th 1000m
11th overall

21st 100m
15th 500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1000m

2004–05
ASSEN

Silver medal icon.svg 500m
Gold medal icon.svg 1000m
Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
GRONINGEN

Silver medal icon.svg 500m
Gold medal icon.svg 1000m
DNF 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 1000m
22nd overall
INZELL

12th 500m
5th 1000m

15th 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 1000m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1500m

2005–06
HEERENVEEN

Silver medal icon.svg 500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1000m
5th 1500m
ASSEN

Gold medal icon.svg 500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1000m
7th 500m
Gold medal icon.svg 1000m
Bronze medal icon.svg overall
HEERENVEEN

17th 500m
9th 1000m
16th 500m
12th 1000m
9th overall
TURIN

35th 500m
12th 1000m

35th 500m
19th 1000m
5th 1500m

2006–07
ASSEN

DNF 500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1000m
7th 1500m
GRONINGEN

Silver medal icon.svg 500m
4th 1000m
4th 500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1000m
Bronze medal icon.svg overall
HAMAR

7th 500m
5th 1000m
6th 500m
5th 1000m
5th overall
SALT LAKE CITY

8th 1000m

33rd 100m
37th 500m
6th 1000m
15th 1500m

2007–08
HEERENVEEN

5th 500m
6th 1000m
8th 500m
6th 1000m
6th overall
23rd 1500m

2008–09
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
DQ 1000m
7th 1500m
GRONINGEN

9th 500m
7th 1000m
5th 500m
6th 1000m
6th overall
35th 100m
24th 500m

2009–10
HEERENVEEN

13th 500m
5th 1000m
GRONINGEN

5th 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 1000m
9th 500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1000m
Bronze medal icon.svg overall
№OBIHIRO

10th 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 1000m
13th 500m
5th 1000m
7th overall

29th 1000m

Medals won

ChampionshipGold
Gold medal icon.svg
Silver
Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze
Bronze medal icon.svg
Dutch Single Distances
2
2
2
Dutch Sprint
0
0
5

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References

  1. "Beorn Nijenhuis". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  2. "Skater Profile | Beorn Nijenhuis | Men | Netherlands".