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). __NOTOC__ 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.

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.

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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 SeasonDutch 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 12th 500m 10th 3000m 21st 1500m 10th 5000m 12th overall 1980–81 8th 500m 12th 5000m 12th 1500m 10th 10000m 10th allround 1981–82 500m 10th 5000m 1500m 8th 10000m 7th overall 1982–83 500m 11th 5000m 6th 1500m 11th 10000m 8th overall 500m 5th 1000m 4th 500m 1000m overall 10th 500m 9th 1000m 9th 500m 15th1000m 10th overall 1983–84 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall 13th 500m 10th 1000m 12th 1500m 18th 500m 11th 1000m 13th 500m 8th 1000m 11th overall 1984–85 500m 5th 5000m 1500m 5th 10000m overall 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m overall 500m 5000m 1500m 5th 10000m overall 6th 500m 5000m 1500m 8th 10000m overall 9th 500m 4th 1000m 13th 500m 14th 1000m 7th overall 1985–86 500m 5000m 1500m 6th 10000m overall 500m 1000m 500m overall 500m 7th 5000m 1500m 4th 10000m overall 500m 16th 5000m 18th 1500m 7th 10000m overall 500m 16th 1000m 18th 500m 7th 1000m 16th overall 1986–87 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall 1500m 5000m 500m 5th 5000m 1500m 14th 10000m overall 6th 500m 18th 5000m 6th 1500m 14th 10000m 10th overall 1987–88 7th 500m 1000m 7th 500m 1000m overall 1000m 1500m 500m 11th 5000m 1500m 15th 10000m 5th overall 24th 500m 15th 1000m 27th 1500m Source:

Medals won ChampionshipGold Silver Bronze 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

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

External links Hein Vergeer at SkateResults.com Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages Complete history list of World Records From the International Skating Union