Personal information | |
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Full name | Geertruida Catharina de Koning-Dijkstra |
Born | Buitenpost, the Netherlands | February 24, 1951
Sport | |
Country | Netherlands |
Sport | Speed skating |
Retired | 1976 |
Geertruida Catharina "Truus" de Koning-Dijkstra (born 24 February 1951 in Buitenpost) is a Dutch former long track speed skater, specialized in sprinting. She was active from 1969 to 1976. [1]
De Koning-Dijkstra represented her nation at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1974, finishing 12th overall and also at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1974, finishing 12th overall. [2] [3] [4] She also competed at the European Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1974, finishing 6th overall.
In 1971, 1972 and 1973 she became Dutch National Kortebaan Speed Skating Champion. [5] Between 1969 and 1976 she competed seven times at the Dutch Allround Championships, finishing 4th in 1974. [4]
Personal records | ||||
Women's speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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500 m | 45,0 | 28.01.1970 | Inzell | |
1000 m | 1.30,6 | 03.02.1974 | Medeo | |
1500 m | 2.19,4 | 02.02.1974 | Medeo | |
3000 m | 5.05,2 | 03.02.1974 | Medeo |
Truus was born in Buitenpost. Several people in her family are speed skaters. When she was 22 years old, she married Jacques de Koning from Purmerend. Their son Jacques de Koning is a former speed skating sprinter. [7]
Jacobus de Koning 1850 - 1936 | Catharina Maria Elisabeth Turkenburg 1858 - 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coenradus Cornelis Josephus de Koning 1879 - 1954 | Petronella Boot 1858 - 1930 | Jacobus Petrus de Koning 1885 - 1962 | Maria van Schaik 1882 - 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacobus Petrus Coenradus de Koning 1907 | Jacobus de Koning 1921 | onbekend | Adrianus Jacobus Petrus de Koning 1928 - 2010 | Paulien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacques de Koning 1950 | Geertruida Catharina Dijkstra 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacques de Koning 1981 | Esther | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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