Hilbert van der Duim (born 4 August 1957) is a Dutch former speed skater. A two-time world and European champion, Van der Duim "won often but also fell often",[1] and has become famous for some of the incidents that happened to him during his career.
Hilbert van der Duim became World Allround Champion in 1980, was the first skater in four years to beat Eric Heiden in international competition. He became World Allround Champion again in 1982. He also was European Allround Champion twice (in 1983 and 1984) and became Dutch Allround Champion a record number of seven times, winning seven consecutive national Allround titles in the years 1979-1985.
He participated in the Winter Olympics, twice (in 1980 and 1984), but his highest finish was fourth place in the 5,000 meters in 1980 in Lake Placid.[2] In 1986, Van der Duim switched to marathon skating and impressed by his high skating speed. On 28 November 1986, he became World Hour Record holder, skating 39,492.80 metres in one hour. He was forced to end his skating career when he was involved in a severe automobile accident in 1987, driving home after a marathon.
Van der Duim was of the last generation of skaters before the commercialization of the sport in the Netherlands;[2] the Dutch skating league had such strict rules against advertising, for instance, that Van der Duim was threatened with expulsion after he appeared on television with the name of a sponsor on his hat.[3] After his skating career, Van der Duim became a teacher, teaching economics at Drenthe College, and in the late 1990s he was also active in local politics, taking a seat on the city council of Assen for a populist party.[4]
Incidentsedit
Van der Duim gained fame as a colourful skater because of several incidents. At the European Allround Championships in 1981, he fell on the 10,000 m and finished this distance in a time of 15:28.53 (for comparison: during the European Championships the year before, he had skated a time of 15:06.29). His fall probably cost him the title – he won European Allround silver 0.728 points (equivalent to 14.56 seconds on the 10,000 m) behind Amund Sjøbrend. After his 10,000 m race, Van der Duim explained that skating over "bird poop" had made him fall, causing widespread speculation in the Dutch popular press over the nature of the bird.[5] Later, Van der Duim admitted there had been no excrement,[6] but the episode has come to stand for any unexplained failure in Dutch sports.[7]
On the 5,000 m at the World Allround Championships that same year, he sprinted to the finish line one lap too soon and it took him some time to understand what people were trying to tell him – that he had one more lap to go. His chances to successfully defend his World Allround Championships title were ruined when he fell on the 1,500 m the next day.
At the 1983 World Allround Championships in Oslo, Van der Duim was still the reigning World Allround Champion, and he made his appearance in a "rainbow speed skating suit", a white suit with coloured stripes, influenced by the rainbow jersey used by reigning World Champions in bicycle racing. After an excellent 500 m race, he finished only 17th on the 5,000 m and therefore did not qualify for the final distance, the 10,000 m. After his disastrous 5,000 m race, Van der Duim declared that he had "porridge in his legs".
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In this Dutch name the surname is van der Duim not Duim Hilbert van der Duim born 4 August 1957 is a Dutch former speed skater A two time world and European champion Van der Duim won often but also fell often 1 and has become famous for some of the incidents that happened to him during his career Hilbert van der DuimPersonal informationNationalityDutchBorn 1957 08 04 4 August 1957 age 66 Beetsterzwaag NetherlandsSportCountryNetherlandsSportSpeed skatingTurned pro1979Retired1987Achievements and titlesPersonal best s 500 m 37 70 1982 1000 m 1 15 80 1981 1500 m 1 57 57 1985 3000 m 4 06 59 1983 5000 m 6 59 73 1982 10 000 m 14 27 81 1982 Medal record Men s speed skating Representing the Netherlands World Allround Championships 1980 Heerenveen Allround 1982 Assen Allround 1984 Gothenburg Allround 1985 Hamar Allround World Sprint Championships 1983 Helsinki Sprint European Allround Championships 1983 The Hague Allround 1984 Larvik Allround 1981 Deventer Allround 1982 Oslo Allround Dutch Allround Championships 1979 Heerenveen Allround 1980 Den Haag Allround 1981 Assen Allround 1982 Heerenveen Allround 1983 Deventer Allround 1984 Groningen Allround 1985 Alkmaar Allround 1978 Eindhoven Allround Dutch Sprint Championships 1983 Utrecht Sprint 1985 Utrecht Sprint Dutch Marathon Championships 1987 Eernewoude Natural Ice Contents 1 Career 2 Incidents 3 Personal records 4 World records 5 Tournament overview 6 Medals won 7 References 8 External linksCareer editHilbert van der Duim became World Allround Champion in 1980 was the first skater in four years to beat Eric Heiden in international competition He became World Allround Champion again in 1982 He also was European Allround Champion twice in 1983 and 1984 and became Dutch Allround Champion a record number of seven times winning seven consecutive national Allround titles in the years 1979 1985 He participated in the Winter Olympics twice in 1980 and 1984 but his highest finish was fourth place in the 5 000 meters in 1980 in Lake Placid 2 In 1986 Van der Duim switched to marathon skating and impressed by his high skating speed On 28 November 1986 he became World Hour Record holder skating 39 492 80 metres in one hour He was forced to end his skating career when he was involved in a severe automobile accident in 1987 driving home after a marathon Van der Duim was of the last generation of skaters before the commercialization of the sport in the Netherlands 2 the Dutch skating league had such strict rules against advertising for instance that Van der Duim was threatened with expulsion after he appeared on television with the name of a sponsor on his hat 3 After his skating career Van der Duim became a teacher teaching economics at Drenthe College and in the late 1990s he was also active in local politics taking a seat on the city council of Assen for a populist party 4 Incidents editVan der Duim gained fame as a colourful skater because of several incidents At the European Allround Championships in 1981 he fell on the 10 000 m and finished this distance in a time of 15 28 53 for comparison during the European Championships the year before he had skated a time of 15 06 29 His fall probably cost him the title he won European Allround silver 0 728 points equivalent to 14 56 seconds on the 10 000 m behind Amund Sjobrend After his 10 000 m race Van der Duim explained that skating over bird poop had made him fall causing widespread speculation in the Dutch popular press over the nature of the bird 5 Later Van der Duim admitted there had been no excrement 6 but the episode has come to stand for any unexplained failure in Dutch sports 7 On the 5 000 m at the World Allround Championships that same year he sprinted to the finish line one lap too soon and it took him some time to understand what people were trying to tell him that he had one more lap to go His chances to successfully defend his World Allround Championships title were ruined when he fell on the 1 500 m the next day At the 1983 World Allround Championships in Oslo Van der Duim was still the reigning World Allround Champion and he made his appearance in a rainbow speed skating suit a white suit with coloured stripes influenced by the rainbow jersey used by reigning World Champions in bicycle racing After an excellent 500 m race he finished only 17th on the 5 000 m and therefore did not qualify for the final distance the 10 000 m After his disastrous 5 000 m race Van der Duim declared that he had porridge in his legs Personal records editPersonal records Men s Speed skating Event Result Date Location Notes 500m 37 70 10 February 1982 Davos Hand clocked 1 000m 1 15 80 31 January 1981 Davos 1 500m 1 57 57 20 January 1985 Davos 3 000m 4 06 59 10 February 1983 Inzell 5 000m 6 59 73 3 January 1982 Inzell 10 000m 14 27 81 7 March 1982 Inzell Source www isu org 8 Van der Duim has an Adelskalender score of 162 253 points His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a 3rd place World records editEvent Result Date Venue Note 1000 meter 1 19 41 8 March 1977 Savalen Junior world record until 30 January 1981 World one hour record 39 4928 km 28 November 1986 Heerenveen Unofficial world record did not use clap skates source 9 Tournament overview editSeason Dutch Championships Allround Dutch Championships Sprint European Championships Allround Olympic Games World Championships Allround World Championships Sprint World Championships Junior Allround 1975 76 MADONNA di CAMPIGLIO 6th 500m 20th 1500m DQ 1000m DNQ 5000m NC overall 1976 77 INZELL nbsp 500m 6th 1500m 7th 1000m nbsp 5000m nbsp overall 1977 78 EINDHOVEN nbsp 500m nbsp 5000m nbsp 1500m nbsp 10000m nbsp overall OSLO 6th 500m 12th 5000m 18th 1500m 9th 10000m 11th overall GOTHENBURG 7th 500m 7th 5000m 14th 1500m 6th 10000m 9th overall MONTREAL 33rd 500m 6th 1500m nbsp 1000m nbsp 5000m 16th overall 1978 79 HEERENVEEN nbsp 500m nbsp 5000m nbsp 1500m nbsp 10000m nbsp overall DEVENTER 4th 500m 7th 5000m 11th 1500m 12th 10000m 6th overall OSLO 10th 500m 5th 5000m 32nd 1500m 14th 10000m 16th overall 1979 80 THE HAGUE nbsp 500m nbsp 5000m nbsp 1500m nbsp 10000m nbsp overall TRONDHEIM 4th 500m 9th 5000m 6th 1500m 9th 10000m 5th overall LAKE PLACID 28th 500m 21st 1000m 11th 1500m 4th 5000m 6th 10000m HEERENVEEN 5th 500m nbsp 5000m nbsp 1500m 9th 10000m nbsp overall 1980 81 ASSEN nbsp 500m nbsp 5000m nbsp 1500m nbsp 10000m nbsp overall DEVENTER nbsp 500m nbsp 5000m 5th 1500m 8th 10000m nbsp overall OSLO 6th 500m 9th 5000m 33rd 1500m nbsp 10000m 16th overall GRENOBLE 9th 500m 4th 1000m 10th 500m 15th 1000m 7th overall 1981 82 HEERENVEEN nbsp 500m nbsp 5000m nbsp 1500m nbsp 10000m nbsp overall OSLO nbsp 500m 9th 5000m 4th 1500m nbsp 10000m nbsp overall ASSEN 4th 500m nbsp 5000m nbsp 1500m 4th 10000m nbsp overall 1982 83 DEVENTER nbsp 500m nbsp 5000m 5th 1500m nbsp 10000m nbsp overall UTRECHT 4th 500m 4th 1000m nbsp 500m nbsp 1000m nbsp overall THE HAGUE 5th 500m 13th 5000m nbsp 1500m nbsp 10000m nbsp overall OSLO nbsp 500m 17th 5000m 10th 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall HELSINKI 11th 500m nbsp 1000m 9th 500m nbsp 1000m nbsp overall 1983 84 GRONINGEN nbsp 500m nbsp 5000m 4th 1500m nbsp 10000m nbsp overall LARVIK nbsp 500m 7th 5000m nbsp 1500m 7th 10000m nbsp overall SARAJEVO 7th 1000m 7th 1500m 9th 5000m 10th 10000m GOTHENBURG nbsp 500m nbsp 5000m 8th 1500m 11th 10000m nbsp overall 1984 85 ALKMAAR nbsp 500m nbsp 5000m nbsp 1500m nbsp 10000m nbsp overall UTRECHT 6th 500m nbsp 1000m 5th 500m nbsp 1000m nbsp overall ESKILSTUNA 4th 500m 7th 5000m 11th 1500m nbsp 10000m 4th overall HAMAR 4th 500m nbsp 5000m 11th 1500m 6th 10000m nbsp overall HEERENVEEN 13th 500m 9th 1000m 22nd 500m 7th 1000m 8th overall DNQ Did not qualify for the last distance NC No classification source 10 11 12 13 Medals won editChampionship Gold nbsp Silver nbsp Bronze nbsp Dutch Allround Classification 7 1 0 Dutch Allround Single Event 12 15 3 Dutch Sprint Classification 0 0 2 Dutch Sprint Single Event 1 2 1 European Allround Classification 2 1 1 European Allround Single Event 4 3 1 Olympic Games 0 0 0 World Allround Classification 2 0 2 World Allround Single Event 3 4 2 World Sprint Classification 0 0 1 World Sprint Single Event 0 1 1 World Junior Allround Classification 0 0 1 World Junior Allround Single Event 0 3 1References edit Haan Rob de 9 January 2010 Wachten op de Elfstedentocht in Dutch Nu nl Retrieved 24 February 2010 a b Magnee Peter 23 January 1999 Bekende Nederlanders voor de klas Hilbert van der Duim Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond Retrieved 25 February 2010 dead link Oudshoorn Erik 28 March 1998 Op zoek naar het grote geld in de schaatssport in Dutch NRC Handelsblad Retrieved 25 February 2010 Cornelisse Louis 13 December 1997 Leuk Ideetje Moet Niet Serieus Worden in Dutch Trouw Retrieved 25 February 2010 Waarim is Hilbert er voor om liggen gaan Bokwerder Belang Archived from the original on 18 March 2009 Retrieved 24 February 2010 Historische schaatsbloopers De Telegraaf 24 February 2010 Archived from the original on 31 March 2012 Retrieved 24 February 2010 Randewijk Marije 13 August 2008 Holland Vier zoekt schuld bij het wier in Dutch de Volkskrant Retrieved 24 February 2010 Hilbert van de Duim Personal best www isu org Archived from the original on 20 July 2011 Retrieved 23 March 2010 Evolution of the world hour record Men SpeedSkatingStats com www speedskatingstats com Retrieved 13 December 2022 Hilbert van der Duim speedskatingstats com Retrieved 16 November 2022 Hilbert van der Duim speedskatingnews info Retrieved 23 November 2022 Hilbert van der Duim ISU org Retrieved 23 November 2022 Hilbert van der Duim schaatsstatistieken nl Retrieved 28 January 2021 External links editHilbert van der Duim at the International Skating Union Hilbert van der Duim at Olympics com Hilbert van der Duim at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Hilbert van der Duim at SkateResults com at the Wayback Machine archived March 11 2007 Olympic Games Preceded byPiet Kleine Flagbearer for nbsp NetherlandsSarajevo 1984 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