Beorn Nijenhuis

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
Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)2006 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
Personal records[1]
speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 meter35.0020 November 2005 Salt Lake City
1000 meter1:07.0716 March 2008Calgary
1500 meter1:43.6613 March 2008Calgary
3000 meter3:50.2424 March 2002Calgary
5000 meter6:45.5422 March 2002Calgary
10000 meter15:05.3727 November 2002Groningen

Nijenhuis has an Adelskalender score of 155.350 points

World records established
EventResultDateLocationNotes
1500 meter1:46.8021 March 2002CalgaryJunior world record until 21 March 2003
1000 meter1:10.6523 March 2002CalgaryJunior world record until 11 January 2003
1000 meter1:08.8311 January 2003Salt Lake CityJunior world record until 19 January 2003
Sprint combination140.31512 January 2003CalgaryJunior world record until 19 January 2003
1000 meter 1:08.5319 January 2003CalgaryJunior world record until 2 December 2017
Sprint combination139.75019 January 2003CalgaryJunior world record

Source:[2]

Tournament overview
Season Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances		 Dutch
Championships
Sprint		 World
Championships
Sprint		 World
Championships
Single
Distances		 Olympic
Games		 World
Cup		 World
Championships
Junior
Allround
2000–200121st 1000m

2001–2002
COLLALBO
5th 500m
7th 3000m
4th 1500m
4th 5000m
overall
Team pursuit

2002–2003
6th 500m
10th 1000m
13th 1500m
4th 500m
1000m
4th 500m
1000m
overall
CALGARY
10th 500m
9th 1000m
15th 500m
5th 1000m
11th overall
42nd 500m
13th 1000m
25th 1500m

2003–2004
4th 500m
4th 1000m
6th 1500m
5th 500m
4th 1000m
5th 500m
1000m
overall
NAGANO
13th 500m
1000m
13th 500m
12th 1000m
11th overall
21st 100m
15th 500m
1000m

2004–2005
500m
1000m
1500m
500m
1000m
DNF 500m
1000m
22nd overall
INZELL
12th 500m
5th 1000m
15th 500m
1000m
1500m

2005–2006
500m
1000m
5th 1500m
500m
1000m
7th 500m
1000m
overall
THIALF
17th 500m
9th 1000m
16th 500m
12th 1000m
9th overall
35th 500m
12th 1000m
35th 500m
19th 1000m
5th 1500m

2006–2007
DNF 500m
1000m
7th 1500m
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
2007–20085th 500m
6th 1000m
8th 500m
6th 1000m
6th overall		23rd 1500m
2008–20094th 500m
DQ 1000m
7th 1500m		9th 500m
7th 1000m
5th 500m
6th 1000m
6th overall		35th 100m
24th 500m

2009–2010
13th 500m
5th 1000m
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
Championship Gold
Silver
Bronze
Dutch Single Distances
2
2
2
Dutch Sprint
0
0
5

References
  1. "Beorn Nijenhuis". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  2. https://www.speedskatingnews.info/en/data/skater/beorn-nijenhuis/


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