De Bonte Wever

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De Bonte Wever
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De Bonte Wever
De Bonte Wever
Former namesDe Smelt
LocationStadsbroek 17 [1]
Assen, Netherlands
Coordinates 52°59′00″N6°32′27″E / 52.983254°N 6.540792°E / 52.983254; 6.540792

De Bonte Wever (formerly De Smelt) is a sports arena located in Assen, Netherlands.

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De venue opened in the 1970s with a 400-meter speed skating track. Later an ice hockey hall was added. In the early 1990s, the city of Assen became the owner of the sports complex. The speed skating track became semi-indoors and a subtropic swimming pool was added. In 2009 De Smelt was bought by Jan Smit, who changed the name to De Bonte Wever. In 2010 a hotel was built near the complex.

Events

Track records

Speed skating

These are the current track records in Assen.

Men
DistanceTimeSkaterDateDuration
500 m36.09 Hein Otterspeer 19 November 20114469 days
1000 m1:11.31 Beorn Nijenhuis 6 November 20047038 days
1500 m1:49.09 Beorn Nijenhuis 7 November 20047037 days
3000m3:54.30 Rhian Ket 4 February 20056948 days
5000 m6:31.34 Sven Kramer 3 November 20066311 days
10000 m13.32.70 Sven Kramer 3 November 20066311 days
Women
DistanceTimeSkaterDateDuration
500 m39.49 Marianne Timmer 5 November 20047039 days
1000 m1:18.88 Ireen Wüst 4 November 20066310 days
1500 m2:02.84 Ireen Wüst 3 November 20066311 days
3000 m4:14.98 Renate Groenewold 3 November 20066311 days
5000 m7:15.76 Jenita Hulzebosch 7 November 20047037 days
10000 m16:30.85 Martine Oosting 22 February 199610218 days

Icetrack cycling

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References

  1. "Contact Opnemen | Stel Gerust al Uw Vragen". www.debontewever.nl. Retrieved 12 June 2022.[ title missing ]