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]

Auke Adema
Adema in 1941
Personal information
Born(1907-10-04)4 October 1907
Franeker, Netherlands
Died(1976-03-31)31 March 1976
Berlikum, Netherlands
Sport
Country Netherlands
SportSpeed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1940 Elfstedentocht
1941 Elfstedentocht

References

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  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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