Jan Blokhuijsen

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 In 2007, Blokhuijsen 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.

Blokhuijsen held 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.

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 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 3rd 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