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

Beorn Nijenhuis
Nijenhuis in 2008
Personal information
Born (1984-04-02) 2 April 1984 (age 39)
Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best2006 Winter Olympics

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 edit

Personal records[1]
speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 meter 35.00 20 November 2005 Salt Lake City
1000 meter 1:07.07 16 March 2008 Calgary
1500 meter 1:43.66 13 March 2008 Calgary
3000 meter 3:50.24 24 March 2002 Calgary
5000 meter 6:45.54 22 March 2002 Calgary
10000 meter 15:05.37 27 November 2002 Groningen

Nijenhuis has an Adelskalender score of 155.350 points

World records established edit

Event Result Date Location Notes
1500 meter 1:46.80 21 March 2002 Calgary Junior world record until 21 March 2003
1000 meter 1:10.65 23 March 2002 Calgary Junior world record until 11 January 2003
1000 meter 1:08.83 11 January 2003 Salt Lake City Junior world record until 19 January 2003
Sprint combination 140.315 12 January 2003 Calgary Junior world record until 19 January 2003
1000 meter 1:08.53 19 January 2003 Calgary Junior world record until 2 December 2017
Sprint combination 139.750 19 January 2003 Calgary Junior world record

Source:[2]

Tournament overview edit


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
  overall
  Team pursuit

2002–03
UTRECHT

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

4th 500m
  1000m
4th 500m
  1000m
  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
  1000m
  overall
NAGANO

13th 500m
  1000m
13th 500m
12th 1000m
11th overall

21st 100m
15th 500m
  1000m

2004–05
ASSEN

  500m
  1000m
  1500m
GRONINGEN

  500m
  1000m
DNF 500m
  1000m
22nd overall
INZELL

12th 500m
5th 1000m

15th 500m
  1000m
  1500m

2005–06
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
5th 1500m
ASSEN

  500m
  1000m
7th 500m
  1000m
  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
  1000m
7th 1500m
GRONINGEN

  500m
4th 1000m
4th 500m
  1000m
  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
  1000m
9th 500m
  1000m
  overall
№OBIHIRO

10th 500m
  1000m
13th 500m
5th 1000m
7th overall

29th 1000m
  • DNF = Did not finish
  • DQ = Disqualified

Medals won edit

Championship Gold
 
Silver
 
Bronze
 
Dutch Single Distances
2
2
2
Dutch Sprint
0
0
5

References edit

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

External links edit