Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1953/54, i whakawhiwhia a Dijkstra ki tana mētara tuatahi mo nga kaumatua, he parahi i muri i a Nellie Maas me Joan Haanappel, a i whakawhiwhia ki tana toa ISU tuatahi, te
1954 Pākehā i Bolzano, i reira i noho ia i te 19. I mutu ia i te tekau ma rua i te 1956 Winter Olympics i Cortina d'Ampezzo, Itari.