Jan Blokhuijsen ( Dutch: Jan Blokhuijsen , April 1, 1989) is a skater from the Netherlands, the 2014 Olympic champion in the team race. Three-time world champion in the team race (2012, 2013, 2016). Silver medalist of the Sochi Olympics at a distance of 5000 m , bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in Vancouver in the team race, double bronze medalist of the world championships, European champion in 2014, four-time medalist of the European championships.
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| Original name | niderl. Jan Blokhuijsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | April 1, 1989 (30 years old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Specialization | all-around, team race | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World champion | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 500 meters | 35.59 (2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1000 meters | 1: 10.12 (2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1,500 meters | 1: 43.77 (2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3000 meters | 3: 41.32 (2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5000 meters | 6: 11.91 (2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10,000 meters | 12: 57.58 (2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Sports Results
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Initially, he ran both on skates and on roller skates, where he won junior competitions in the Netherlands and in Europe. Later he concentrated on speed skating.
In 2008, he won the world championship among juniors.
At the Olympics in Vancouver, he took 9th place at a distance of 5000 m and became a bronze medalist in the team race together with Sven Kramer , Mark Teuter and Simon Kuipers . In the run for 3rd place, the Netherlands team set an Olympic record.
A year later, in 2011 he became the silver medalist of the European Championship (lost to Ivan Skobrev ) and the bronze medalist of the world championship in classical all-around. At the World Individual Distance Championships in Inzell, he finished third in the team race.
In 2012, he again became the silver medalist of the European Championship (lost to Sven Kramer), became the second at the World Championships in classical all-around and the world champion in the team race, together with Kun Vervey and Sven Kramer .
In 2013, he won the European Championship silver for the third time in a row. He performed less successfully at the World Cup (11th place), as it turned out later, the decline was due to intestinal infection ( infectious mononucleosis ) [1] . In March 2013, after a conflict with coach Gerard Kemkers, he announced his retirement from the TVM team, in which he trained for several years with Sven Kramer at the end of the season [2] .
He became the silver medalist of the 2014 World Championships in all-around.
Studying at the University of Groningen .
Athletic Results
| Year | Championship The Netherlands on separate distances | Championship The Netherlands (all-around) | Championship Of Europe | World Championship (all-around) | Championship of the world (separate distance) | Olympic games | world Cup | Championship of the world among juniors |
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| 2008 | 12e 1500 m 13e 5000 m | 8e ( , 12e, 11e, 11e) | (4e, ) team race | |||||
| 2009 | 14e 1500 m 19e 5000 m | 8e (5e, 10e, 14e, 9e) | - | |||||
| 2010 | 7e 1500 m 6e 5000 m | 5e (7e, 4e, 17e, 4e) | 5e (9e, 7e, 10e, 6e) | 9e 5000 m team race | 10e 5/10 km team race | |||
| 2011 | 9e 1500 m 8e 5000 m Dq 10000 m | ( , 4e, 4e) | ( , 4e, 5e, ) | (4e, 4e, 6e, ) | DSQ 5000 m team race | 16e 5/10 km 8e team race | ||
| 2012 | 6e 1500 m 4e 5000 m 5e 10,000 m | ( ) | (7e, ) | 4e 5000 m team race | 6e 5/10 km team race | |||
| 2013 | 10e 1500 m 5000 m 10,000 m | ( ) | (4e, 10e, ) | 11e (8e, 8e, 13e, nc) | team race | |||
| 2014 | 6e 1500 m 4e 5000 m 4e 10,000 m | (7e, , 9e, ) | 5000 m team race | |||||
| 2015 | 8e 1500m Nf 5000m NF 10000m | |||||||
| 2016 | (5e, , 9th, | (6e, , 6th, ) | team race | |||||
| 2017 | ( , 7th, ) | team race |
* (500 m, 3000 m, 1500 m, 5000 m)
DSQ = Disqualification
Notes
- β Blokhuijsen had Pfeiffer, Kemkers boos Archived March 9, 2013 at Wayback Machine // schaatsen.nl/ANP 03-03-2013 (nid.)
- β Blokhuijsen na dit seizoen weg bij TVM // ANP / schaatsen.nl 03/03/2013 (nid.)