Pietje Feitsma
Pietje Hornstra-Feitsma (born 9 December 1918) is a former Dutch female kortebaan speed skater.[2]
 Feitsma (15 years old) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 December 1918 Hijlaard, Netherlands[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sport | Speed skating (kortebaan) |
Feitsma was born according to the original register in Hijlaard,[1] while a source also indicates Dronrijp.[2] She rode her first competition on 6 December 1933 when she was 14 years old in her hometown Dronrijp. She won the first prize (f 40,-) ahead of Trijntje Terpstra and her three year older sister Loltje. On 17 December the same year she won the silver medal at the Dutch National Kortebaan Speed Skating Championships in Warga, where she lost the final of Grietje Bijlsma.[2]
Family
Her grandfather Age Feitsma van Duinum was also a speed skater winning prizes in 1865 and 1866. Next to her sister Jeltje, also her brother Age (born 1918; emigrated to the United States) won prizes in 1918.[2]
Achievements
incomplete list
- 1933–34
- 1st prize (f 40,-) - 6 December 1933 in Dronrijp
- 4th prize (f 5,-) - 9 December 1933 in Huizum
- 2nd prize (f 20,-)- 10 December 1933 in Stiens
- 1st prize (f 25,-) - 11 December 1933 in Britswerd
- 3rd prize (f 15,-) - 14 December 1933 in Wolvega
- 1st prize (f 15,-)- in Deersum
- 1st prize (f 50,-) - 16 December 1933 in Ried
- 17 December 1933 Dutch national championships in Warga
- 2nd prize (f 45,- &
medal) - Fastest race
- 2nd prize (f 45,- &
- 2nd prize (f 60,-)- 18 December 1933 in Berlikum (behind Grietje Bijlsma, ahead of Sjoukje Bouma)
- 1935-36
- 2nd prize (f 25,-) - 21 December 1935 in Hardegarijp, class A, 6 participants (behind Marie v. d. Duim-De Groot)
References
- Rijpkema, J. H. (17 May 1936). "Gedenkschrift bij het 50-jarig bestaan van den Frieschen IJsbond 1886-1936, alsmede iets over hardrijders en hardrijdsters in vroeger en later jaren". Noord-Nederlandsche Boekhandel. p. 173 – via Koninklijke Bibliotheek.