Jan Blokhuijsen
Introduction '''Jan Blokhuijsen''' (; born 1 April 1989) is an Olympic award-winning Dutch long-track speed skater who until 2013 skated for the commercial TVM team.
Career He currently holds the world record in the team pursuit discipline, along with teammates Sven Kramer and Koen Verweij. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, he won a silver medal in the Men's 5000 m competition. At the 2014 European allround championships in Hamar, Blokhuijsen won his first European title. 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 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.
Controversy Blokhuijsen in 2020After 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===EventTimeDateLocationNote Team pursuit *'''3:37.17'''  9 November 2013  Calgary  World record until 16 November 2013 Team pursuit *'''3:35.60'''  16 November 2013  Salt Lake City  World record until 15 February 2020: * together with Sven Kramer and Koen Verweij
Tournament overview   Season Dutch  Championships  Single  Distances Dutch  Championships  Allround European  Championships  Allround World  Championships  Allround World  Championships  Single  Distances Olympic  Games World  Cup  GWC World  Championships  Junior  Allround  2006–07            Team pursuit   2007–08    12th 1500m  13th 5000m     500m  12th 5000m  11th 1500m  11th 10000m  8th overall         4th 500m   3000m   1500m   5000m   overall   Team pursuit   2008–09    14th 1500m  19th 5000m    5th 500m  10th 5000m  14th 1500m  9th 10000m  8th overall        2009–10    7th 1500m  6th 5000m     7th 500m  4th 5000m  17th 1500m  4th 10,000m  5th overall    9th 500m  7th 5000m  10th 1500m  6th 10000m  5th overall     9th 5000m   Team pursuit   10th 5000/10000m   Team pursuit    2010–11    9th 1500m  8th 5000m  DQ 10000m     500m   5000m  5th 1500m  4th 10000m   overall     500m  4th 5000m  5th 1500m   10000m   overall    4th 500m  4th 5000m  6th 1500m   10000m   overall    DQ 5000m   Team pursuit    16th 5000/10000m  8th Team pursuit    2011–12    6th 1500m  4th 5000m  5th 10000m      500m   5000m   1500m   10000m   overall    7th 500m   5000m   1500m   10000m   overall    4th 5000m   Team pursuit    6th 5000/10000m   Team pursuit    2012–13    10th 1500m   5000m   10000m     500m   5000m   1500m   10000m   overall    4th 500m   5000m  10th 1500m   10000m   overall    8th 500m  8th 5000m  13th 1500m  DNQ 10000m  NC overall     Team pursuit    5th 5000/10000m   Team pursuit    2013–14    6th 1500m  4th 5000m  4th 10000m     7th 500m   5000m  9th 1500m   10000m   overall    7th 500m   5000m  6th 1500m   10000m   overall     13th 1500m   5000m   Team pursuit   32nd 1500m  5th 5000/10000m   Team pursuit    2014–15    8th 1500m  DNF 5000m  DNF 10000m     500m  11th 5000m  16th 1500m  DNQ 10000m  NC overall(9th)         2015–16    7th 1500m  6th 5000m     500m   5000m   1500m   10000m   overall    5th 500m   5000m  9th 1500m   10000m   overall    6th 500m   5000m  6th 1500m   10000m   overall     Team pursuit    24th 1500m   Team pursuit    2016–17    7th 1500m  4th 5000m  6th 10000m     500m   5000m   1500m   10000m   overall     500m   5000m  7th 1500m   10000m   overall    6th 500m   5000m  15th 1500m   10000m   overall     Team pursuit    40th 1500m  25th 5000m   Team pursuit    2017–18    7th 1500m  5th 5000m  4th 10000m        7th 5000m   Team pursuit   17th 5000m  7th Team pursuit   2018–19          2019–20    DQ 1500m  6th 5000m  4th 10000m   Mass start    4th 500m   5000m  1500m   10000m   overall     8th 500m  7th 5000m  4th 1500m  5th 10000m  4th overall     47th 5000m   2020–21    12th 1500m  6th 5000m    4th 500m  5th 5000m  DQ 1500m  DNQ 10000m  NC overall         2021–22    5th 1500m  9th 5000m   Mass start    3th 500m  6th 5000m  DNS 1500m  DNS 10000m  NC overall       Source:
World Cup overview  Season 1500 meter 2009–2010  2010–2011  2011–2012  2012–2013  2013–2014  –  –  –  2nd(b)  –  –  2014–2015  2015–2016  2016–2017  –  –  5th(b)  –  –  –  2017–2018  2018–2019  2019–2020  Season 5000/10000 meter 2009–2010  –  1st(b)  –*  1st(b)  –*  4th  2010–2011  –  –  –*  4th –*  8th  2011–2012  8th  5th  –*    –*  4th 2012–2013      7th*  7th  –*  5th  2013–2014  6th  12th  –*    –   2014–2015  2015–2016  2016–2017  –  –  1st(b)  –*  –  –  2017–2018  4th  –  7th  –  –  –  2018–2019   2019–2020  –  11th(b)  –  –  –  – Season Team pursuit 2009–2010      –  4th  2010–2011  –  –  DQ  2011–2012      –  2012–2013      –    2013–2014          2014–2015  2015–2016  DNF        2016–2017  –  –  DQ    – 2017–2018  10th    –  –   2018–2019   2019–2020  Source: :''– = Did not participate'':''* = 10000 meter'':''(b) = Division B'':''DNF = Did not finish'':''DQ = Disqualified''
Medals won  Championship Gold   Silver   Bronze   Dutch Single Distances 0  1  2 Dutch Allround  7  12  5 European Allround  3  13  5 World Allround  2  6  7 World Single Distances  4  0  1 Olympic Games  1  1  2 World Cup  20  5  2 World Junior  5  1  0
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