Hein Vergeer

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Henricus Coenradus Nicolaas "Hein" Vergeer (born 2 May 1961) is a Dutch former speed skater who became both European and World Allround Champion in both 1985 (in which year he also became National Sprint Champion) and 1986 (in which year he also became National Allround Champion).

Hein Vergeer was a dominant allround skater, but after recovering from an injury, he was never able to reach that same level again. Because of this, he was unable to fulfil his wish of winning an Olympic medal – at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Vergeer competed in the 500 m, the 1,000 m, and the 1,500 m, but his best result was a mere fifteenth place. He had also competed in those same three distances at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo four years earlier, but did not do much better than with a tenth place as his best result. His best years were in between those two Winter Olympics.^[1]

Despite his dominance, Vergeer never managed to skate any world records. This could label him as a "true" all-round skater – very good at all distances, but never the best in any single distance.

Vergeer lived during his skating years in Haastrecht, a town where Leo Visser, another former World Champion speed skating, also used to live. Both skaters used to train at the skating club STV Lekstreek.

Back in the days of Vergeer's dominance, speed skating was not very lucrative, so Vergeer did what many other top skaters in those days did – he used his fame as a stepping stone to a career in marketing and communication. Vergeer currently is an advisor of several ventures and he organises events.

In 2006 and 2007, Vergeer participated in the Holiday on Ice show called Fantasy.

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the last column (Notes) lists the official world records on the dates that Vergeer skated his personal records.

Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
Personal records
Men's Speed skating
500 meter	37.79	14 February 1987	Heerenveen	36.57
1000 meter	1:14.62	18 February 1988	Calgary	1:12.58
1500 meter	1:53.88	21 March 1987	Heerenveen	1:52.70
3000 meter	4:01.21	19 March 1987	Heerenveen	4:03.22
5000 meter	6:54.91	15 February 1986	Inzell	6:49.15
10000 meter	14:39.05	16 February 1986	Inzell	14:21.51
Big combination	161.936	16 February 1986	Inzell	160.807

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Note that Vergeer's personal record on the 3000 meter was not a world record because Leo Visser skated 3:59.27 that same day at the same tournament. Also note that when Vergeer set his personal record on the 10000 meter Geir Karlstad set a new world record of 14:12.14 that same day at the same tournament.

Vergeer has an Adelskalender score of 161.193 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a seventh place. The Adelskalender is an all-time allround speed skating ranking.

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Allround	Dutch Championships Sprint	Dutch Championships Single Distances	European Championships Allround	Olympic Games	World Championships Allround	World Championships Sprint	World Championships Junior Allround
1979–80								ASSEN Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 12th 500m 10th 3000m 21st 1500m 10th 5000m 12th overall
1980–81	ASSEN Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 8th 500m 12th 5000m 12th 1500m 10th 10000m 10th allround
1981–82	HEERENVEEN Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 500m 10th 5000m Script error: No such module "sort". 1500m 8th 10000m 7th overall
1982–83	DEVENTER Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 500m 11th 5000m 6th 1500m 11th 10000m 8th overall	UTRECHT Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 500m 5th 1000m 4th 500m Script error: No such module "sort". 1000m Script error: No such module "sort". overall					HELSINKI Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 10th 500m 9th 1000m 9th 500m 15th1000m 10th overall
1983–84		EINDHOVEN Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 500m Script error: No such module "sort". 1000m Script error: No such module "sort". 500m Script error: No such module "sort". 1000m Script error: No such module "sort". overall			SARAJEVO Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 13th 500m 10th 1000m 12th 1500m		TRONDHEIM Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 18th 500m 11th 1000m 13th 500m 8th 1000m 11th overall
1984–85	ALKMAAR Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 500m 5th 5000m Script error: No such module "sort". 1500m 5th 10000m Script error: No such module "sort". overall	UTRECHT Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 500m Script error: No such module "sort". 1000m 4th 500m Script error: No such module "sort". 1000m Script error: No such module "sort". overall		ESKILSTUNA Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 500m Script error: No such module "sort". 5000m Script error: No such module "sort". 1500m 5th 10000m Script error: No such module "sort". overall		HAMAR Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 6th 500m Script error: No such module "sort". 5000m Script error: No such module "sort". 1500m 8th 10000m Script error: No such module "sort". overall	HEERENVEEN Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 9th 500m 4th 1000m 13th 500m 14th 1000m 7th overall
1985–86	ASSEN Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 500m Script error: No such module "sort". 5000m Script error: No such module "sort". 1500m 6th 10000m Script error: No such module "sort". overall	UTRECHT Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 500m Script error: No such module "sort". 1000m Script error: No such module "sort". 500m Script error: No such module "sort". overall		OSLO Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 500m 7th 5000m Script error: No such module "sort". 1500m 4th 10000m Script error: No such module "sort". overall		INZELL Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 500m 16th 5000m 18th 1500m 7th 10000m Script error: No such module "sort". overall	KARUIZAWA Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 500m 16th 1000m 18th 500m 7th 1000m 16th overall
1986–87	DEVENTER Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 500m Script error: No such module "sort". 5000m Script error: No such module "sort". 1500m Script error: No such module "sort". 10000m Script error: No such module "sort". overall		THE HAGUE Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". UTRECHT Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 1500m Script error: No such module "sort". 5000m	TRONDHEIM Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 500m 5th 5000m Script error: No such module "sort". 1500m 14th 10000m Script error: No such module "sort". overall		HEERENVEEN Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 6th 500m 18th 5000m 6th 1500m 14th 10000m 10th overall
1987–88		ALKMAAR Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 7th 500m Script error: No such module "sort". 1000m 7th 500m Script error: No such module "sort". 1000m Script error: No such module "sort". overall	HEERENVEEN Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 1000m Script error: No such module "sort". 1500m	THE HAGUE Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "sort". 500m 11th 5000m Script error: No such module "sort". 1500m 15th 10000m 5th overall	CALGARY Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 24th 500m 15th 1000m 27th 1500m

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Medals won

Championship	Gold Script error: No such module "sort".	Silver Script error: No such module "sort".	Bronze Script error: No such module "sort".
Dutch Allround	2	1	0
Dutch Sprint	2	2	1
Dutch Single Distances	1	2	1
European Allround Classification	2	0	1
World Allround Classification	2	0	0

Medals

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Hein Vergeer with coach Henk Gemser during a 10000 m race at the national championships in 1985.jpg

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Hein Vergeer is marrying Carolien Kruisinga on 4 July 1986

An overview of medals won by Vergeer at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:

Championship	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
Winter Olympics	–	–	–
World Allround	1985 1986	–	–
World Sprint	–	–	–
World Cup	–	–	1987 (1500 m)
European Allround	1985 1986	–	1987
Dutch Allround	1986 1987	1985	–
Dutch Sprint	1984 1985	1983 1986	1988
Dutch Single Distance	1987 (5000 m)	1987 (1500 m) 1988 (1000 m)	1988 (1500 m)

References

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External links

Awards
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