Jan Ykema

Jan Jelte Ykema (born 18 April 1963) is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. In 1988 (Calgary) he won the silver medal in the men's 500 metres. The same year he won all of his three World Cup races. A year later Ykema retired from international competition to work in real estate business. During his career he won three national sprint titles (1982, 1987 and 1988) and three distance titles.

After retiring from skating, Ykema became addicted to cocaine, and this addiction lasted for about 15 years. After he recovered he started giving lessons at secondary schools about his addiction. Source :

In 2008 he returned to competitive speed skating as assistant coach for the APPM team.

Records Personal records

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World records Nr. Event Result Date Location Notes 1. 1000 meter (juniors) 1:17.78 30 January 1981 Davos Junior world record until 31 January 1981 2. 500 meter (juniors) 38.42 31 January 1981 Davos Junior world record until 23 January 1982 3. 1000 meter (juniors) 1:17.49 31 January 1981 Davos Junior world record until 23 March 1983 4. Sprint combination (juniors) 155.935 31 January 1981 Davos Junior world record until 11 March 1984

Tournament overview Season Dutch Championships Single Distances Dutch Championships Sprint Olympic Games World Championships Sprint 1980–81 4th 500m 6th 1000m 8th 500m 7th 1000m 5th overall 23rd 500m 26th 1000m 23rd 500m 22nd 1000m 20th overall 1981–82 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall 30th 500m 5th 1000m 8th 500m 13th 1000m 28th overall 1982–83 6th 500m 1000m 5th 500m 8th 1000m 6th overall 1983–84 500m 5th 1000m 6th 500m 14th 1000m 5th overall 14th 500m 20th 1000m 12th 500m 20th 1000m 25th 500m 17th 1000m 18th overall 1984–85 500m 1000m 500m 21st 1000m 12th overall 1985–86 500m 4th 1000m 500m overall 12th 500m 8th 1000m 9th 500m 32nd 1000m 31st overall 1986–87 4th 500m 22nd 1000m 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall 18th 500m 22nd 1000m 10th 500m 25th 1000m 18th overall 1987–88 500m 1000m 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall 500m DNS 1000m 10th 500m 1000m 7th 500m 8th 1000m 6th overall 1988–89 500m 1000m 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall 16th 500m 10th 1000m 15th 500m 5th1000m 12th overall Source: