Jan Bos (born 29 March 1975) is a Dutch former speedskater and sprint

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. In the late 1990s he was world champion in speed skating and he competed in the 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.

Speed skater

In 1998 Bos both became the world champion sprint and won the silver medal that year in the 1000 meter sprint during the

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in Nagano. He won the silver medal on that same distance in

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. He competed at the

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in the team sprint track cycling event, together with his brother

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, who won the silver at the individual sprint, and

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. The Dutch finished sixth after being knocked out by Japan. Bos ended his career as a competitive speed skater in 2011.

Cyclist

In 2012 Bos (in cooperation with the Human Power Team from Delft) tried to become the fastest cyclist in the world during the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Battle Mountain,

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. At the time, the International Human Powered Vehicle Association record was 133 km/h, held by the Canadian Sam Whittingham. Bos used a

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specially developed for the occasion by students of the

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and the

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, but only managed a maximum speed of 126.5 km/h. In September 2013, his teammate

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did manage to break the record, reaching a speed of 133.78 kilometres per hour (83.13 mph)

Records

Personal records

Bos specialized in the sprint events but does have an Adelsalender score of 156.494 Source: www.sskating.com & SpeedskatingResults.com

World records

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

Tournament overview

* DNF = Did not finish * DQ = Disqualified source:

References

External links

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Jan Bos
at SpeedSkatingStats.com * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bos, Jan 1975 births Living people People from Harderwijk Dutch male speed skaters Dutch male cyclists Dutch track cyclists Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in speed skating World record setters in speed skating Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Gelderland World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists Dutch speed skating coaches Dutch sports coaches Cyclists from Gelderland 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people