Jakko Jan Leeuwangh (born 9 September 1972) is a former
speed skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...
from the
Netherlands
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. He finished fourth in the 1998
Olympic
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Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896
** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
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1000 m event. In January 2000 he broke the 1500 m world record in
Calgary
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, Canada, holding the record until it was broken by
Lee Kyou-hyuk
Lee Kyou-hyuk (, born 16 March 1978) is a South Korean retired long track speed skater who specializes in the 500 and 1,000 meters. He was the 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 World Sprint Speed Skating Champion and the 2011 World Champion for 500 m. ...
in March 2001.
Records
Personal records
World records
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[
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Tournament overview
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References
External links
Jakko Jan Leeuwangh at SpeedSkatingStats.com
1972 births
Dutch male speed skaters
Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands
World record setters in speed skating
Sportspeople from Alkmaar
Living people
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
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