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Jan Bos

Jan Bos

Dutch speed skater and cyclist

Jan Bos (born 29 March 1975) is a Dutch former speedskater and sprint cyclist. In the late 1990s he was world champion in speed skating and he competed in the 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.

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Speed skater

In 1998 Bos both became the world champion sprint and won the silver medal that year in the 1000 meter sprint during the Winter Olympics in Nagano. He won the silver medal on that same distance in Salt Lake City.

He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the team sprint track cycling event, together with his brother Theo Bos, who won the silver at the individual sprint, and Teun Mulder. The Dutch finished sixth after being knocked out by Japan.

Bos ended his career as a competitive speed skater in 2011.

Cyclist

In 2012 Bos (in cooperation with the Human Power Team from Delft) tried to become the fastest cyclist in the world during the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Battle Mountain, Nevada. At the time, the International Human Powered Vehicle Association record was 133 km/h, held by the Canadian Sam Whittingham.[2] Bos used a recumbent bicycle specially developed for the occasion by students of the Delft University of Technology and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, but only managed a maximum speed of 126.5 km/h. In September 2013, his teammate Sebastiaan Bowier did manage to break the record, reaching a speed of 133.78 kilometres per hour (83.13 mph)[3]

Records

Personal records

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Bos specialized in the sprint events but does have an Adelsalender score of 156.494

Source: www.sskating.com[4] & SpeedskatingResults.com[5]

World records

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Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[6]

Tournament overview

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  • DNF = Did not finish
  • DQ = Disqualified

source: [7] [8] [9] [10]

See also

References

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    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jan Bos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
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    "Home IHPVA". International Human Powered Vehicle Association. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
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    "Sebastiaan Bowier sets new human-powered vehicle record in Nevada". 18 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
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    "Jan Bos". Jakub Majerski's. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
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    "Jan Bos". SpeedskatingResults.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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    "Jan Bos". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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    "Jan Bos". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
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    "Jan Bos". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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    "Jan Bos". ISU.org. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  10. [10]
    "Jan Bos". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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