Jan Blokhuijsen

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Jan Blokhuijsen
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Personal information
Born (1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 (age 35)
Zuid-Scharwoude, Netherlands
Website www.janblokhuijsen.com
Sport
Country  Netherlands
Sport Speed skating
Turned pro 2007
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver Team pursuit
World Allround Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Moscow Allround
Silver medal – second place 2014 Heerenveen Allround
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Calgary Allround
World Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Heerenveen Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sochi Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Inzell Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Hamar Allround
Silver medal – second place 2011 Collalbo Allround
Silver medal – second place 2012 Budapest Allround
Silver medal – second place 2013 Heerenveen Allround
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Minsk Allround

Jan Blokhuijsen (born 1 April 1989) is Dutch long track speed skater who until 2013 skated for the commercial TVM ploeg.[1] He currently holds the world record in the team pursuit discipline along with teammates Sven Kramer and Koen Verweij. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi he won a silver medal in the 5000 m competition.

In 2007, he got his VWO degree at school. After a successful period in skating and inline skating (in which he won several Dutch and European titles at the junior categories and a second place at the world championships in Korea) he decided to focus only on the speedskating. In February 2008, he won the Dutch Allround Speed Skating Championships junior title at the ice rink of Groningen. Later in the same month he became world champion at the junior world championships speedskating, where he finished in front of his teammates Koen Verweij and Berden de Vries. Together with them he also won the world title at the team pursuit.

As of 10 November 2013, he is at the 7th position in the adelskalender.[2]

Personal records

Personal records[3]
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 35:59 12 February 2011 Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m 1:10.12 22 March 2009 Olympic Oval, Calgary
1500 m 1:43.78 13 February 2011 Olympic Oval, Calgary
3000 m 3:41.32 18 March 2009 Olympic Oval, Calgary
5000 m 6:11.91 10 November 2013 Olympic Oval, Calgary
10000 m 12:57.58 28 December 2013 Thialf, Heerenveen
Team pursuit 3:35.60 16 November 2013 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City Current world record (with Sven Kramer and Koen Verweij)

Tournament summary

Year Dutch Allround European Allround World Allround World Distance Olympics World Juniors
07/08 8th 1st
08/09 8th
09/10 5th 5th 9th 5000 m
3rd team pursuit
10/11 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd team pursuit
11/12 DNP 2nd 2nd 1st team pursuit
12/13 2nd 2nd 11th
13/14 1st 2nd 1st pursuit
2nd 5000m

Source: SchaatsStatistieken.nl[4]

His best individual performances in the World Cup are two 5000 metres 2nd places, while he has finished 5 times on the first spot in the team pursuit.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.janblokhuijsen.com/
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