Jan Blokhuijsen

Jan Blokhuijsen

Personal information
Born	(1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 Zuid-Scharwoude, Netherlands
Website	www.janblokhuijsen.com
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Turned pro	2007
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games Bronze 2010 Vancouver Team pursuit World Allround Championships Silver 2012 Moscow Allround Bronze 2011 Calgary Allround World Single Distance Championships Gold 2012 Heerenveen Team pursuit Bronze 2011 Inzell Team pursuit European Championships Silver 2011 Collalbo Allround Silver 2012 Budapest Allround Silver 2013 Heerenveen Allround Gold 2014 Hamar Allround

Jan Blokhuijsen (born 1 April 1989 in Zuid-Scharwoude) is Dutch long track speed skater who until 2013 skated for the commercial TVM ploeg.^[1]

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

Tournament summary

Year	Dutch Allround	European Allround	World Allround	World Distance	Olympics	World Juniors
07/08	8th					1 !
08/09	8th
09/10		5th	5th		9th 5000 m 3 ! team pursuit
10/11	3 !	2 !	3 !	3 ! team pursuit
11/12	DNP	2 !	2 !	1 ! team pursuit
12/13	2 !	2 !	11th
13/14		1 !

Source: SchaatsStatistieken.nl^[4]

His best individual performances in the World Cup are two 5000 metres 2nd places, while he has finished 5 times on the first spot in the team pursuit.^[5]

References