Jan Blokhuijsen (; born 1 April 1989) is an Olympic award-winning Dutch long-track

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who until 2013 skated for the commercial TVM team.

Career

He currently holds the

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in the

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discipline, along with teammates Sven Kramer and

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. At the

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, he won a silver medal in the Men's 5000 m competition. At the 2014 European allround championships in

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, Blokhuijsen won his first European title. In 2007, he got his VWO degree at school. After a successful period in skating and

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(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 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

and

Berden de Vries Berden de Vries (born 10 March 1989) is a Dutch former racing cyclist and speed skater. In 2008 he earned a bronze medal at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships at Changchun, behind fellow Dutchmen Jan Blokhuijsen and Koen Verweij. He r ...

. Together with them he also won the world title at the team pursuit.

Controversy

After the team pursuit event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Blokhuijsen made a comment during a press conference to the host South Koreans to "treat dogs better in this country", criticizing dog meat consumption in the host nation. Many South Koreans perceived his comment was disrespectful, claiming it was racist and ignorant of Korean culture and the declining dog meat custom in the country. He later gave an apology for this comment on Twitter, which he deleted later.

Records

Personal records

As of 10 March 2020, Blokhuijsen is in 11th position in the adelskalender with a score of 146.253 points. Between 13 February 2011 and 11 October 2013 he held a personal best 6th place.

World records

: * together with Sven Kramer and

Tournament overview

Source:

World Cup overview

Source: :''– = Did not participate'' :''* = 10000 meter'' :''(b) = Division B'' :''DNF = Did not finish'' :''DQ = Disqualified''

Medals won

References

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