Website www.janblokhuijsen.com Role Speed Skater Country Netherlands Height 1.84 m | Sport Speed skating Weight 80 kg Name Jan Blokhuijsen Turned pro 2007 | |
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Born 1 April 1989 (age 34) ( 1989-04-01 ) Zuid-Scharwoude, Netherlands Olympic medals Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's team pursuit Similar People Sven Kramer, Koen Verweij, Jorrit Bergsma, Ireen Wust, Mark Tuitert | ||
Jan blokhuijsen on triblade 125mm wheels powerslide racing
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.
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- Jan blokhuijsen on triblade 125mm wheels powerslide racing
- Jan blokhuijsen speedskating technique slowmo x6
- Tournament summary
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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.
Jan blokhuijsen speedskating technique slowmo x6
Tournament summary
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.