Jan Bos

Jan Bos
	Bos in 2007
Personal information
Born	29 March 1975[1]; Harderwijk, Netherlands
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Men's speed skating
Representing the Netherlands
Olympic Games
World Sprint Championships
World Single Distance Championships

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

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

Event	Result	Date	Location
Personal records
Men's speed skating
500 meter	34.72	12 February 2002	Salt Lake City
1000 meter	1:07.20	22 March 2009	Calgary
1500 meter	1:44.87	4 March 2007	Calgary
3000 meter	3:50.53	16 March 2001	Calgary
5000 meter	6:46.59	17 March 2001	Calgary
10000 meter	15:23.18	11 March 1993	Heerenveen

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

Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
1000 meter	1:10.63	22 November 1997	Calgary	World record until 23 November 1997
1000 meter	1:08.55	21 February 1999	Calgary	World record until 12 January 2000

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[6]

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Allround	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Sprint	World Championships Sprint	World Championships Single Distances	Olympic Games	World Cup	World Championships Junior Allround
1992–1993		18th 500m 12th 1000m 22nd 1500m						BASELGA di PINÈ 22nd 500m 5th 3000m 9th 1500m 12th 5000m 9th overall
1993–1994	4th 500m 14th 5000m 8th 1500m 12th 10000m 12th overall	9th 500m 6th 1000m 10th 1500m						BERLIN 10th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall
1994–1995		5th 500m 4th 1000m 10th 1500m	500m 4th 1000m 8th 500m 1000m 5th overall
1995–1996		500m 1000m	5th 500m 1000m 7th 500m 4th 1000m overall	HEERENVEEN 30th 500m 24th 1000m 31st 500m 25th 1000m 24th overall			39th 1000m
1996–1997			500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	HAMAR 17th 500m 15th 1000m 16th 500m 10th 1000m 13th overall	WARSAW 8th 500m 1000m		20th 500m 4th 1000m
1997–1998		500m 1000m 5th 1500m	500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	BERLIN 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m overall	CALGARY 5th 500m 4th 1000m	NAGANO 12th 500m 1000m 4th 1500m	5th 500m 1000m 17th 1500m
1998–1999		500m 1000m 1500m	500m 1000m 500m 5th 1000m overall	COLLALBO 6th 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	HEERENVEEN DNF 500m 1000m		4th 500m 1000m 6th 1500m
1999–2000		500m 1000m	500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	SEOUL 6th 500m 1000m 5th 500m 1000m 4th overall	NAGANO 5th 500m 1000m 1500m		5th 500m 1000m 6th 1500m
2000–2001		500m 1000m 10th 1500m		INZELL 6th 500m 6th 1000m 7th 500m 1000m 4th overall	SALT LAKE CITY 21st 500m 10th 1000m		8th 500m 10th 1000m 23rd 1500m
2001–2002		500m 1000m 5th 1500m	500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	HAMAR 500m 14th 1000m 39th 500m DQ 1000m NC overall		SALT LAKE CITY 9th 500m 1000m 7th 1500m	7th 500m 1000m 26th 1500m
2002–2003		500m 1000m	500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	CALGARY 11th 500m 6th 1000m 7th 500m 7th 1000m 7th overall	BERLIN 5th 500m 15th 1000m		5th 500m 1000m
2003–2004		500m 7th 1000m	4th 500m 7th 1000m 500m 6th 1000m 6th overall		SEOUL 14th 500m 5th 1000m		28th 100m 16th 500m 9th 1000m
2004–2005		4th 500m 5th 1000m 10th 1500m	4th 500m 1000m 500m 4th 1000m overall	SALT LAKE CITY 14th 500m 1000m 11th 500m 1000m 6th overall	INZELL 1000m		23rd 500m 5th 1000m
2005–2006		500m 1000m 1500m		HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 10th 500m 5th 1000m overall		TURIN 11th 500m 5th 1000m 20th 1500m	43rd 500m 12th 1000m 7th 1500m
2006–2007		500m 1000m 1500m	500m 1000m 6th 500m 1000m overall	HAMAR 15th 500m 8th 1000m 17th 500m 8th 1000m 12th overall	SALT LAKE CITY 16th 500m		36th 100m 19th 500m 4th 1000m 6th 1500m
2007–2008		5th 500m 1000m 9th 1500m	4th 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m overall	HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 1000m 40th 500m 1000m 39th overall	NAGANO 5th 1000m		25th 100m 24th 500m 1000m
2008–2009		8th 500m 6th 1000m	500m 4th 1000m 7th 500m 4th 1000m 4th overall		VANCOUVER 5th 1000m		12th 1000m
2009–2010		8th 500m 7th 1000m				VANCOUVER 29th 500m 12th 1000m	51st 500m 15th 1000m
2010–2011		10th 500m 1000m	500m 1000m 6th 500m 1000m overall	HEERENVEEN 14th 500m 11th 1000m 21st 500m 7th 1000m 12th overall			41st 500m 6th 1000m

Source:[7]

DNF = Did not finish
DQ = Disqualified

References

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.
"Home IHPVA". International Human Powered Vehicle Association. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
"Sebastiaan Bowier sets new human-powered vehicle record in Nevada". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
"Jan Bos". Jakub Majerski's. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
"Jan Bos". SpeedskatingResults.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
"Jan Bos". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
https://www.speedskatingnews.info/en/data/skater/jan-bos/

External links

Jan Bos at the International Skating Union
Jan Bos at SpeedSkatingStats.com
Jan Bos at the International Olympic Committee
Jan Bos at the Olympic Channel
Photos of Jan Bos at the Wayback Machine (archived April 26, 2006)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Nicolien Sauerbreij	Flagbearer for Netherlands Turin 2006	Succeeded by Timothy Beck

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[sports-reference-1] 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.

[2] "Home IHPVA". International Human Powered Vehicle Association. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

[3] "Sebastiaan Bowier sets new human-powered vehicle record in Nevada". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-12.

[4] "Jan Bos". Jakub Majerski's. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

[5] "Jan Bos". SpeedskatingResults.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

[stats-6] "Jan Bos". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

[7] ttps://www.speedskatingnews.info/en/data/skater/jan-bos/