Piet Kleine

Quick Facts

Full Name	Piet Kleine
Occupation	Speed Skater
Date Of Birth	Sep 17, 1951(1951-09-17)
Age	73
Birthplace	Hollandscheveld
Country	Netherlands
Horoscope	Virgo

Piet Kleine Biography

Piet Kleine is one of the most popular and richest Speed Skater who was born on September 17, 1951 in Hollandscheveld, Netherlands. Pieter “Piet” Kleine, a former speed skater born 17 September 1951 in the Netherlands, specializes in longer distances.

Kleine retired from skating in 2001, and he continued his career as a postal worker. This was a profession that he has always maintained alongside his sporting careers. Kleine leads a group of marathon skaters in his spare time.

In 1986, Kleine became a marathon skater. Kleine finished 5th at the Elfstedentocht in 1997. However, he was later removed from the final results list due to a missing stamp on the stamp card. It was later revealed that several previous winners of Elfstedentocht had also missed stamps, but were still declared winners.

Piet Kleine Net Worth

Piet Kleine is one of the richest Speed Skater from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Piet Kleine 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Piet Kleine was elected Olympic Champion in the 10,000 m at the 1976 Winter Olympics. He beat Sten Stensen, who held the world record, in a close race. This was a reverse of the roles played by Stensen and Kleine in the Olympic 5,000m, which had been held three days prior. Bronze was won by Hans van Helden, a Dutch-French speed skater who was the world record holder for the 10,000 m and 5,000 meters. Kleine also became the World Allround Champion and broke four world records that year (1976).

Kleine was again a participant in the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid (1980), where he won Olympic silver for the 10,000 m behind Eric Heiden. In 1981, he quit his speed skating career and began a successful career in amateur cycling racing. He was a member the Dutch national team and finished 5th in the World Championships for the 100km team time trial.

Kleine has an Adelskalender score of 164.899 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was 2nd place.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Piet Kleine height 6 ft 2 in Piet weight 86 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Piet Kleine Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Piet Ranked on the list of most popular Speed Skater. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Piet Kleine celebrates birthday on September 17 of every year.