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Jan Blokhuijsen

Jan Blokhuijsen
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Personal information
Born (1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 (age 28)
Zuid-Scharwoude, Netherlands
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
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
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Berlin Allround
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Hamar Allround
World Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Heerenveen Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sochi Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kolomna Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gangneung 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
Silver medal – second place 2017 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 (). 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.

He is currently at the 8th position in the adelskalender.

Source: SchaatsStatistieken.nl

His best individual performances in the World Cup are three 5000 metres 2nd places, while he has finished 14 times on the first spot in the team pursuit.


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