| Jan Bos | |
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| Country: | Netherlands |
| Birth Date: | 29 March 1975[1] |
| Birth Place: | Harderwijk, Netherlands |
| Height: | 190 cm |
| Weight: | 83 kg |
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.
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.
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]
Bos specialized in the sprint events but does have an Adelsalender score of 156.494
Source: www.sskating.com[4] & SpeedskatingResults.com[5]
| 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 |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1992–93 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 18th 500m 12th 1000m 22nd 1500m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 22nd 500m 5th 3000m 9th 1500m 12th 5000m 9th overall | ||||||
1993–94 | 4th 500m 14th 5000m 8th 1500m 12th 10000m 12th overall | 9th 500m 6th 1000m 10th 1500m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 10th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall | ||||||
| 1994–95 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 5th 500m 4th 1000m 10th 1500m | 500m 4th 1000m 8th 500m 1000m 5th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ||||||
1995–96 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 500m 1000m | 5th 500m 1000m 7th 500m 4th 1000m overall | 30th 500m 24th 1000m 31st 500m 25th 1000m 24th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 39th 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ||||||
1996–97 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall | 17th 500m 15th 1000m 16th 500m 10th 1000m 13th overall | 8th 500m 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 20th 500m 4th 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ||||||
1997–98 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 500m 1000m 5th 1500m | 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall | 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m overall | 5th 500m 4th 1000m | 5th 500m 1000m 17th 1500m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |||||||
1998–99 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 500m 1000m 1500m | 500m 1000m 500m 5th 1000m overall | 6th 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall | DNF 500m 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 4th 500m 1000m 6th 1500m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ||||||
1999–2000 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 500m 1000m | 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall | 6th 500m 1000m 5th 500m 1000m 4th overall | 5th 500m 1000m 1500m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 5th 500m 1000m 6th 1500m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ||||||
2000–01 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 500m 1000m 10th 1500m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 6th 500m 6th 1000m 7th 500m 1000m 4th overall | 21st 500m 10th 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 8th 500m 10th 1000m 23rd 1500m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ||||||
2001–02 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 500m 1000m 5th 1500m | 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall | 500m 14th 1000m 39th 500m DQ 1000m NC overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 7th 500m 1000m 26th 1500m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |||||||
2002–03 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 500m 1000m | 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall | 11th 500m 6th 1000m 7th 500m 7th 1000m 7th overall | 5th 500m 15th 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 5th 500m 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ||||||
2003–04 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 500m 7th 1000m | 4th 500m 7th 1000m 500m 6th 1000m 6th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 14th 500m 5th 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 28th 100m 16th 500m 9th 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ||||||
2004–05 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 4th 500m 5th 1000m 10th 1500m | 4th 500m 1000m 500m 4th 1000m overall | 14th 500m 1000m 11th 500m 1000m 6th overall | 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 23rd 500m 5th 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ||||||
2005–06 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 500m 1000m 1500m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 43rd 500m 12th 1000m 7th 1500m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ||||||||
2006–07 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 500m 1000m 1500m | 500m 1000m 6th 500m 1000m overall | 16th 500m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 36th 100m 19th 500m 4th 1000m 6th 1500m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |||||||
2007–08 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 5th 500m 1000m 9th 1500m | 4th 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m overall | 5th 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 25th 100m 24th 500m 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |||||||
2008–09 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 8th 500m 6th 1000m | 500m 4th 1000m 7th 500m 4th 1000m 4th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 5th 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 12th 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ||||||
2009–10 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 51st 500m 15th 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ||||||||
2010–11 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | 41st 500m 6th 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE |