Jan Blokhuijsen

Jan Blokhuijsen

Personal information
Born	1 April 1989 Zuid-Scharwoude, Netherlands
Height	184 cm (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 2014 Sochi Team pursuit 2014 Sochi 5000 m 2010 Vancouver Team pursuit World Allround Championships 2012 Moscow Allround 2014 Heerenveen Allround 2011 Calgary Allround 2016 Berlin Allround World Single Distance Championships 2012 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2013 Sochi Team pursuit 2016 Kolomna Team pursuit 2011 Inzell Team pursuit European Championships 2014 Hamar Allround 2011 Collalbo Allround 2012 Budapest Allround 2013 Heerenveen Allround 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
2007/08	8th
2008/09	8th
2009/10		5th	5th		9th 5000 m Pursuit
2010/11				Pursuit
2011/12				Pursuit
2012/13			11th	Pursuit
2013/14					Pursuit 5000m
2014/15	9th
2015/16				Pursuit

Source: SchaatsStatistieken.nl^[4]

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.^[5]

References

1. http://www.janblokhuijsen.com/
2. "Evolution of Adelskalendern since 1 July 2009". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
3. "Jan Blokhuijsen". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
4. "Jan Blokhuijsen". SchaatsStatistieken.nl. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
5. "Jan Blokhuijsen". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.