Bart Veldkamp
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s speed skating | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1992 Albertville | 10000 m | |
| Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | 10000 m | |
| Bronze | 1998 Nagano | 5000 m | |
Bart Veldkamp (born 22 November 1967 in The Hague, Netherlands) is a retired speed skater, who represented both the Netherlands and Belgium in international competitions, including the Winter Olympics.
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[edit] Short biography
In 1990, Bart Veldkamp won the European Allround Championships and came very close to repeating that feat 11 years later in 2001, finishing 2nd. At the 1992 Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal on the 10,000 m. Mainly due to this achievement, Veldkamp was named Dutch Sportsman of the Year in 1992. Before the 1994 Winter Olympics, he was so dissatisfied with the way to qualify for tournaments that he became a Belgian. In Belgium there was (and still is) no speed skating tradition, so qualifying for tournaments became no issue because there were no other speed skaters to compete with.
In Lillehammer at the 1994 Winter Olympics, Veldkamp won a bronze medal on the 10,000 m for the Netherlands. The next Olympic medal he won was as a Belgian at the 1998 Winter Olympics on the 5,000 m, in which he was the first skater ever to break the 6:30 barrier on that distance, but his time was beaten later that same day by former compatriots Rintje Ritsma and Gianni Romme. His bronze medal was the first ever Olympic medal in speed skating for Belgium.
In 1997, Veldkamp participated in the Elfstedentocht. In 2003, he announced that the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin would be his third Winter Olympics as a Belgian, his fifth overall, and definitely his last. At these 2006 Winter Olympics, Veldkamp finished 13th on the 5,000 m and 14th on the 10,000 m and ended his career afterwards.
After his career Veldkamp became a sports journalist for the NOS to analyze speed skating races. He also appeared on several other tv shows as Peking Express and Wildebeesten.
In the 2006/2007 winter season Veldkamp trained four Kenyan athletes, for the first time ever on ice, for a Dutch TV show. The goal was to let them skate the 200km long alternative Elfstedentocht at the Weissensee in Austria.
[edit] Medals
An overview of medals won by Veldkamp at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
| Championships | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympics | 1992 (10,000 m) | 1994 (10,000 m) 1998 (5,000 m) |
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| World Allround | 1990 1991 2001 |
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| World Single Distance | 1999 (5,000 m) | 1998 (5,000 m) | |
| European Allround | 1990 | 2001 | 1991 |
| Dutch Allround | 1991 1992 1993 |
1989 1994 1995 |
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| Dutch Single Distance | 1991 (5,000 m) 1991 (10,000 m) 1992 (5,000 m) 1992 (10,000 m) |
1990 (10,000 m) 1991 (1,500 m) 1993 (10,000 m) |
1988 (5,000 m) 1990 (5,000 m) 1993 (5,000 m) 1994 (5,000 m) |
[edit] World records
Over the course of his career, Veldkamp skated two world records:
| Distance | Time | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,000 m | 3:48.91 | 21 March 1998 | Calgary |
| 5,000 m | 6:28.31 | 8 February 1998 | Nagano |
[edit] Personal records
| Distance | Time | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | 37.55 | 15 January 2000 | Hamar |
| 1,000 m | 1:12.80 | 20 November 2005 | Salt Lake City |
| 1,500 m | 1:49.00 | 4 March 2001 | Calgary |
| 3,000 m | 3:47:56 | 5 February 2006 | Turin |
| 5,000 m | 6:23.64 | 2 March 2001 | Calgary |
| 10,000 m | 13:27.48 | 22 February 2002 | Salt Lake City |
Veldkamp has an Adelskalender score of 152.621 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a 5th place.
[edit] External links and references
- Bart Veldkamp at SkateResults.com
- Personal records from The Skatebase
- 2005/2006 season best performances
- Photos of Bart Veldkamp
| Olympic champions in men's 10000 m speed skating |
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| 1924: Julius Skutnabb | 1932: Irving Jaffee | 1936: Ivar Ballangrud | 1948: Åke Seyffarth | 1952: Hjalmar Andersen | 1956: Sigvard Ericsson | 1960: Knut Johannesen | 1964: Jonny Nilsson | 1968: Johnny Höglin | 1972: Ard Schenk | 1976: Piet Kleine | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Igor Malkov | 1988: Tomas Gustafson | 1992: Bart Veldkamp | 1994: Johann Olav Koss | 1998: Gianni Romme | 2002: Jochem Uytdehaage | 2006: Bob de Jong |
| Preceded by Arnold Vanderlyde Edwin Jongejans |
Dutch Sportsman of the Year 1992 |
Succeeded by Falko Zandstra |
Categories: 1967 births | Living people | Dutch speed skaters | Belgian speed skaters | Olympic competitors for the Netherlands | Olympic competitors for Belgium | Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics | Winter Olympics medalists | Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands | Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands | Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium | Sports journalists | Dutch journalists | People from Den Haag
