Auke Adema

Auke Adema
	Adema in 1941
Personal information
Born	4 October 1907; Franeker, Netherlands
Died	31 March 1976; Berlikum, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1940 Elfstedentocht; 1941 Elfstedentocht

Auke Adema (4 October 1907 – 31 March 1976) was a Dutch skater. He won the Elfstedentocht, the world's largest speed skating competition twice. In the sixth race in 1940 he controversially shared the victory with Durk van der Duim [nl], Cor Jongert [nl], Piet Keijzer [nl] and Sjouke Westra [nl]. In Dokkum they had made a conspiracy to cross the finish line together. This became known as the Pact of Dokkum. The practice of non competitive finishing was outlawed after this.^[1] Adema won the seventh Elfstedentocht by himself on 6 February 1941 in a time of 9 hours 19 minutes, a race record. In the race he broke away from the pack with two others to have an early lead. However, when stopping to eat a sausage^[2] with Joop Bosman at Workum, other skaters managed to get ahead, but Adema overtook and won by three minutes over Bosman.^[3]

References

^ "De Elfstedentocht "de Toch der Tochten" De Elfstedentocht van 1940". Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ "De Elfstedentocht "de Toch der Tochten" De Elfstedentocht van 1941". Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ "Auke Adema wint Elfstedentocht 1941". Retrieved 9 February 2012.

External links

film of the 1941 race
Elfstedentocht 1941 (Harlingen)
Geschiedenis24 Image
"Elfstedentocht in Oorlogstijd Expositie Fries Museum". 12 December 2008.

[1] "De Elfstedentocht "de Toch der Tochten" De Elfstedentocht van 1940". Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

[2] "De Elfstedentocht "de Toch der Tochten" De Elfstedentocht van 1941". Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

[3] "Auke Adema wint Elfstedentocht 1941". Retrieved 9 February 2012.

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