De Smelt
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De Bonte Wever is a sports arena located in Assen
, Netherlands
.
De venue opened in the 1970s with a 400-meter speed skating
track. Later an ice hockey
hall was added. In the early 1990s the city of Assen became the owner of the sports complex. The speed skating track became semi-indoors and a subtropic swimming pool
was added. In 2009 De Smelt was bought by Jan Smit, who changed the name to De Bonte Wever. In 2010 a hotel was built near the complex.
Assen
Assen is a municipality and a city in the north eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Drenthe. It received city rights in 1809. Assen's main claim to fame is the TT Circuit Assen the motorcycle racing circuit, where on the last Saturday in June the Dutch TT is run...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
De venue opened in the 1970s with a 400-meter speed skating
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
track. Later an ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
hall was added. In the early 1990s the city of Assen became the owner of the sports complex. The speed skating track became semi-indoors and a subtropic swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
was added. In 2009 De Smelt was bought by Jan Smit, who changed the name to De Bonte Wever. In 2010 a hotel was built near the complex.
Events
- 1973 ISU Allround World Junior Championships
- 1975 ISU Women's Allround World Championships
- 1980 ISU Allround World Junior Championships
- 1982 ISU Men's Allround World Championships
- 1984 ISU Allround World Junior Championships
- 2006-2009 Dutch Open Dance Sport Championships
- 2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance ChampionshipsThe 2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships were the venue where the Dutch single distance champions in speed skating were crowned. Although the event took place from 3 November until 5 November 2006 this was the 2007 edition as it is part of the 2006-07 speed skating season...
Track records
- 500 m (m): Gerard van VeldeGerard van VeldeGerard Pieter Hendrik van Velde is a retired Dutch speedskater, and was specialised in sprinting....
(36,19) - 500 m (w): Marianne TimmerMarianne TimmerMaria Aaltje Timmer is a Dutch speed skater specializing in the middle distances . At the 1998 Winter Olympics Timmer won a gold medal in both these events.- Personal life :...
(39,49) - 1000 m (m): Beorn NijenhuisBeorn NijenhuisBeorn Enriqué Nijenhuis is a Dutch speed skater, who represented the Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics....
(1.11,31) - 1000 m (w): Ireen WüstIreen WüstIreen Wüst is a Dutch long track allround speed skater. At the age of 19, on February 12, 2006, Wüst won the gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000-meter event...
(1.18,88) 2006-11-04 - 1500 m (m): Beorn NijenhuisBeorn NijenhuisBeorn Enriqué Nijenhuis is a Dutch speed skater, who represented the Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics....
(1.49,09) - 1500 m (w): Ireen WüstIreen WüstIreen Wüst is a Dutch long track allround speed skater. At the age of 19, on February 12, 2006, Wüst won the gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000-meter event...
(2.02,84) 2006-11-05 - 3000 m (m): Rhian Ket (3.54,30)
- 3000 m (w): Renate GroenewoldRenate GroenewoldRenate Groenewold is a Dutch long track speed skater and road bicycle racer.Groenewold has won several Dutch Championships....
(4.14,98) 2006-11-04 - 5000 m (m): Sven KramerSven KramerSven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in Vancouver 2010, and four-time European and World Allround Champion. He is also three-time world champion and world record holder in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the team pursuit...
(6.31,34) 2006-11-03 - 5000 m (w): Jenita Hulzebosch-Smit (7.15,76)
- 10000 m (m): Sven KramerSven KramerSven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in Vancouver 2010, and four-time European and World Allround Champion. He is also three-time world champion and world record holder in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the team pursuit...
(13.32,70) 2006-11-05