Ieuwkje Hoekstra

Ieuwkje Hoekstra (born 20 April 1940) was a Dutch kortebaan speed skater from Nieuwehorne.

Ieuwkje Hoekstra
Personal information
Born (1940-04-20) 20 April 1940[1][2]
Oranjewoud, Netherlands
Sport
SportSpeed skating

She won many competitions and prizes from the mid-1950s until the 1960s.[3][4][5] One of her earliest main victories was in February 1956 when she became Frisian girls champion, according to the newspapers aged 16. She was later honored in a local cafe of her hometown and was awarded several presents.[6][7][8][9]

Her parents were farmers.[10] She engaged with Jan Klaas de Boer from Wolvega in December 1961.[11]

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