Daniëlle Bekkering

Daniëlle Bekkering (born 25 December 1976 in Groningen) is a Dutch marathon speed skater, short track speed skater, and cyclist who currently lives in Den Ham (Groningen). Bekkering has several nicknames like Beeks, Daantje and Dikkie Dik. Her sister Eyelien is also a cyclist.

Bekkering started her speed skating career aged 9 in 1986. She became Dutch junior short track champion in 1993 and 1994. In 1995 she became 6th at the Dutch senior shorttrack championships and fourth in 1996, which earned her a place in the Dutch team for the World Championships.

As a cyclist she specialises in time trials and finished in 10th position at the Dutch time trial championships in 2001. A year later she reached the fourth spot and in 2005 she became fourth at the Dutch road race championships. In between she won an international road race in Pullheim.

In total she did win 5 times the National championships on nature ice (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) and also two times the National Championships on artificial ice; 2008 (Assen) and 2009 (Heerenveen, together with her former husband Yoeri Lissenberg). Since her win at the 10 November 2013 she is the all-time record-holder in marathon speedskating with 62 wins on artificial ice. She took this record from another famous skater: Atje Keulen-Deelstra. She finished her career in 2018 with 63 wins, her last one was at the 3 km FlevOnice track.