Piet Kleine

Piet Kleine, born on 17 September 1951, is a Dutch speed skater who specialised in the longer distances. At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck he won the 10,000 metres ahead of the world record holder Sten Stensen, three days after finishing second to Stensen in the 5,000 metres. Later in 1976 he broke four world records and became World Allround Champion. He added Olympic silver in the 10,000 metres at Lake Placid in 1980 and ended his skating career in 1981, then took up amateur bicycle racing and later marathon skating, where a missing stamp led to his removal from the results of the 1997 Elfstedentocht. He later coached Dan Jansen.