Career
On 12 March 2004 in Calgary, Angenent skated 41.669 km in one hour, which was the world record in this event until 15 March 2007, when Casper Helling skated 300 metres more. The previous world record was Roberto Sighel"s 41.041 km from 24 March 1999. Angenent is a farmer, he grows mainly Brussels sprouts.
After winning the Elfstedentocht many interviews were done with Angenent and this subject came up on many occasions.
When marathon speedskating became more popular in the Netherlands and the Six Days of the Greenery were introduced, the overall leader of the race wears a Brussels sprout suit. So far he wore the suit himself once in the 2000-2001 season.
He wore the orange suit for the leader of the Essent Cup a total of 13 days. With his 21 career wins of speed skating marathons on artificial tracks he is ranked 11th together with Henk Portengen and K. C. Boutiette.
He is however 3rd in the ranking of still active skaters, behind January Maarten Heideman and Cédric Michaud.
Personal bests
Angenent has an Adelskalender score of 160.177 points.