Jan Blokhuijsen

Who is Jan Blokhuijsen?

Jan Blokhuijsen is Dutch long track speed skater who until 2013 skated for the commercial TVM ploeg. 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 5000 m competition.

In 2007, he got his VWO degree at school. After a successful period in skating and inline skating he decided to focus only on the 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.

As of 10 November 2013, he is at the 7th position in the adelskalender.