# Jan Blokhuijsen

Jan Blokhuijsen (Dutch pronunciation:; 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

Personal records :
| Men's speed skating |||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
| 500 meter | 35.59 | 12 February 2011 | Calgary | World Allround Championships |
| 1000 meter | 1:09.11 | 25 November 2017 | Calgary | Time trials |
| 1500 meter | 1:43.78 | 13 February 2011 | Calgary | World Allround Championships |
| 3000 meter | 3:38.89 | 19 December 2017 | Heerenveen | Training race |
| 5000 meter | 6:11.91 | 10 November 2013 | Calgary | World Cup |
| 10000 meter | 12:57.58 | 28 December 2013 | Heerenveen | Qualification tournament |
| Big combination | 146.603 | 11 November 2013 | Calgary | World Allround Championships; National record until 8 March 2015 |
| Team pursuit | 3:35.60 | 16 November 2013 | Salt Lake City | With Sven Kramer and Koen Verweij |
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

| Event | Time | Date | Location | Note |
| 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 | | | | | | | | INNSBRUCK Team pursuit |
| 2007–08 | HEERENVEEN 12th 1500m 13th 5000m | GRONINGEN 500m 12th 5000m 11th 1500m 11th 10000m 8th overall | | | | | | CHANGCHUN 4th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall Team pursuit |
| 2008–09 | HEERENVEEN 14th 1500m 19th 5000m | HEERENVEEN 5th 500m 10th 5000m 14th 1500m 9th 10000m 8th overall | | | | | | |
| 2009–10 | HEERENVEEN 7th 1500m 6th 5000m | | HAMAR 7th 500m 4th 5000m 17th 1500m 4th 10,000m 5th overall | HEERENVEEN 9th 500m 7th 5000m 10th 1500m 6th 10000m 5th overall | | VANCOUVER 9th 5000m Team pursuit | 10th 5000/10000m Team pursuit | |
| 2010–11 | HEERENVEEN 9th 1500m 8th 5000m DQ 10000m | HEERENVEEN 500m 5000m 5th 1500m 4th 10000m overall | COLLALBO 500m 4th 5000m 5th 1500m 10000m overall | CALGARY 4th 500m 4th 5000m 6th 1500m 10000m overall | INZELL DQ 5000m Team pursuit | | 16th 5000/10000m 8th Team pursuit | |
| 2011–12 | HEERENVEEN 6th 1500m 4th 5000m 5th 10000m | | BUDAPEST 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | MOSCOW 7th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | HEERENVEEN 4th 5000m Team pursuit | | 6th 5000/10000m Team pursuit | |
| 2012–13 | HEERENVEEN 10th 1500m 5000m 10000m | HEERENVEEN 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 5000m 10th 1500m 10000m overall | HAMAR 8th 500m 8th 5000m 13th 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall | SOCHI Team pursuit | | 5th 5000/10000m Team pursuit | |
| 2013–14 | HEERENVEEN 6th 1500m 4th 5000m 4th 10000m | | HAMAR 7th 500m 5000m 9th 1500m 10000m overall | HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 5000m 6th 1500m 10000m overall | | SOCHI 13th 1500m 5000m Team pursuit | 32nd 1500m 5th 5000/10000m Team pursuit | |
| 2014–15 | HEERENVEEN 8th 1500m DNF 5000m DNF 10000m | HEERENVEEN 500m 11th 5000m 16th 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall(9th) | | | | | | |
| 2015–16 | HEERENVEEN 7th 1500m 6th 5000m | HEERENVEEN 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | MINSK 5th 500m 5000m 9th 1500m 10000m overall | BERLIN 6th 500m 5000m 6th 1500m 10000m overall | KOLOMNA Team pursuit | | 24th 1500m Team pursuit | |
| 2016–17 | HEERENVEEN 7th 1500m 4th 5000m 6th 10000m | HEERENVEEN 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | HEERENVEEN 500m 5000m 7th 1500m 10000m overall | HAMAR 6th 500m 5000m 15th 1500m 10000m overall | GANGNEUNG Team pursuit | | 40th 1500m 25th 5000m Team pursuit | |
| 2017–18 | HEERENVEEN 7th 1500m 5th 5000m 4th 10000m | | | | | GANGNEUNG 7th 5000m Team pursuit | 17th 5000m 7th Team pursuit | |
| 2018–19 | | | | | | | | |
| 2019–20 | HEERENVEEN DQ 1500m 6th 5000m 4th 10000m Mass start | HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | | HAMAR 8th 500m 7th 5000m 4th 1500m 5th 10000m 4th overall | | | 47th 5000m | |
| 2020–21 | HEERENVEEN 12th 1500m 6th 5000m | HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 5th 5000m DQ 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall | | | | | | |
| 2021–22 | HEERENVEEN 5th 1500m 9th 5000m Mass start | HEERENVEEN 3th 500m 6th 5000m DNS 1500m DNS 10000m NC overall | | | | | | |
Source:

## World Cup overview

| Season | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 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 | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 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 | Team pursuit | Team pursuit | Team pursuit | 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 |