Frits Eddy Verheijen (born 21 March 1946) is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in the 500 and 1500 meter events finishing in 25th and 19th place, respectively.[1]

Eddy Verheijen
Verheijen in 1970
Personal information
Full nameFrits Eddy Verheijen
Born (1946-03-21) 21 March 1946 (age 78)
Vaals, the Netherlands
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSpeed skating

Verheijen married Rieneke Demming, an international speed skater. Their two sons, Frank and Carl, also became prominent speed skaters.[2]

Personal records

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Personal records
Men's Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 meter 40.2 2 March 1972 Inzell
1000 meter 1:22.8 19 January 1971 Davos
1500 meter 2:01.4 6 February 1971 Davos
3000 meter 4:10.7 2 March 1972 Inzell
5000 meter 7:20.6 4 March 1972 Inzell
10000 meter 15:15.3 5 March 1972 Inzell

Source[3]
Verheijen has a score of 170.491 points on the Adelskalender

Tournament overview

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Season
Dutch
Championships
Allround
European
Championships
Allround
World
Championships
Allround
Olympic
Games
ISSF
World
Championships
ISSF
European
Championships

1965–66
DEVENTER

4th 500m
7th 5000m
5th 1500m
7th 10000m
5th overall
DEVENTER

28th 500m
19th 5000m
21st 1500m
DNQ 10000m
NC overall(26th)

1966–67
AMSTERDAM

17th 500m
13th 5000m
13th 1500m
8th 10000m
13th overall

1967–68
AMSTERDAM

13th 500m
6th 5000m
12th 1500m
  10000m
8th overall

1968–69
HEERENVEEN

11th 500m
9th 5000m
7th 1500m
  10000m
6th overall
INZELL

20th 500m
9th 5000m
12th 1500m
8th 10000m
12th overall
DEVENTER

27th 500m
15th 5000m
18th 1500m
14th 10000m
15th overall

1969–70
DEVENTER

10th 500m
4th 5000m
6th 1500m
6th 10000m
5th overall
OSLO

18th 500m
8th 5000m
7th 1500m
5th 10000m
9th overall

1970–71
AMSTERDAM

  500m
5th 5000m
  1500m
  10000m
  overall
HEERENVEEN

5th 500m
10th 5000m
12th 1500m
8th 10000m
6th overall
GOTHENBURG

13h 500m
8th 5000m
8th 1500m
6th 10000m
7th overall

1971–72
DEVENTER

5th 500m
  5000m
  1500m
  10000m
  overall
DAVOS

15th 500m
5th 5000m
8th 1500m
4th 10000m
8th overall
OSLO

14th 500m
  5000m
  1500m
4th 10000m
5th overall
SAPPORO

25th 500m
19th 1500m

1972–73
GOTHENBURG

8th 500m
7th 5000m
6th 1500m
4th 10000m
8th overall
SKIEN

8th 500m
4th 5000m
8th 1500m
4th 10000m
7th overall
  • ISSL = International Speed Skating League [defunct]
  • NC = No classification
  • DNQ = Did not qualify for the final distance

source:[4] [5] [6]

References

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  1. ^ Eddy Verheijen. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Carl Verheijen. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ "Skater Profile | Eddy Verheijen | Men | Netherlands".
  4. ^ "Eddy Verheijen". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Eddy Verheijen". speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Eddy Verheijen". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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Eddy Verheijen in 1971