Ted-Jan Bloemen
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
16 August 1986 Leiderdorp, Netherlands |
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Sport | Speed skating |
| Turned pro | 2006 |
| Coached by | Bart Schouten |
Ted-Jan Bloemen (born 16 August 1986) is a Dutch-born long track speed skater who, from the 2014–15 season, competes for Canada in international competitions. Bloemen primarily competes in the long-distance events as well as the team pursuit event. He is the current world record holder for the 10,000 m event setting a time of 12:36.30 in Salt Lake City. Bloemen won a silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2015 World Championships in his birth country of the Netherlands.
Bloemen started skating at a young age in his hometown of Gouda. He participated at the 2006 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Erfurt, where he came in 5th. In the 2007/2008 season he first participated in the Speed Skating World Cup at the long distances, winning the Team pursuit with the Dutch team. He also reached 4th place at that season's Dutch Allround Championships and 8th place at the 2008 European Speed Skating Championships. The 2009/2010 season was his best up to that point, coming in second at the Dutch Allround and 4th at the World Allround Championships. Following a less successful next season, he retired as a professional skater, but still participated in championships as an amateur operating from Friesland. Remarkably, he qualified for the 2012 European (9th place) and World Championships (14th place) and won the National Championships. Though somewhat aided by the absence of Jan Blokhuijsen and Sven Kramer, this was the first time that an amateur won this Dutch National Championships since the introduction of professional skating. He joined the (professional) BAM skating team the next season, but disappointing results (15th at the European Championships) caused his contract not to be extended.
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