 Bos in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 March 1975 [1] Harderwijk, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
| Personal records | ||||
| Men's speed skating | ||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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]
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 | DEVENTER 18th 500m 12th 1000m 22nd 1500m | BASELGA di PINÈ 22nd 500m 5th 3000m 9th 1500m 12th 5000m 9th overall | ||||||
1993–94 | THE HAGUE 4th 500m 14th 5000m 8th 1500m 12th 10000m 12th overall | HEERENVEEN 9th 500m 6th 1000m 10th 1500m | BERLIN 10th 500m  3000m  1500m 5000m overall | |||||
| 1994–95 | THE HAGUE 5th 500m 4th 1000m 10th 1500m | ALKMAAR  500m 4th 1000m 8th 500m 1000m 5th overall | ||||||
1995–96 | GRONINGEN 500m 1000m | ASSEN 5th 500m 1000m 7th 500m 4th 1000m overall | HEERENVEEN 30th 500m 24th 1000m 31st 500m 25th 1000m 24th overall | 39th 1000m | ||||
1996–97 | GRONINGEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall | HAMAR 17th 500m 15th 1000m 16th 500m 10th 1000m 13th overall | WARSAW 8th 500m 1000m | 20th 500m 4th 1000m | ||||
1997–98 | HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 5th 1500m | GRONINGEN 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 | ||
1998–99 | GRONINGEN 500m 1000m 1500m | GRONINGEN 500m 1000m 500m 5th 1000m overall | COLLALBO 6th 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall | HEERENVEEN DNF 500m 1000m | 4th 500m 1000m 6th 1500m | |||
1999–2000 | DEVENTER 500m 1000m | UTRECHT 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall | SEOUL 6th 500m 1000m 5th 500m 1000m 4th overall | NAGANO 5th 500m 1000m 1500m | 5th 500m 1000m 6th 1500m | |||
2000–01 | THE HAGUE 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 | ||||
2001–02 | GRONINGEN 500m 1000m 5th 1500m | GRONINGEN 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 | |||
2002–03 | UTRECHT 500m 1000m | GRONINGEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall | CALGARY 11th 500m 6th 1000m 7th 500m 7th 1000m 7th overall | BERLIN 5th 500m 15th 1000m | 5th 500m 1000m | |||
2003–04 | HEERENVEEN 500m 7th 1000m | UTRECHT 4th 500m 7th 1000m 500m 6th 1000m 6th overall | SEOUL 14th 500m 5th 1000m | 28th 100m 16th 500m 9th 1000m | ||||
2004–05 | ASSEN 4th 500m 5th 1000m 10th 1500m | GRONINGEN 4th 500m 1000m 500m 4th 1000m overall | SALT LAKE CITY 14th 500m 1000m 11th 500m 1000m 6th overall | INZELL 1000m | 23rd 500m 5th 1000m | |||
2005–06 | HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 1500m | HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 10th 500m 5th 1000m overall | TURIN 11th 500m 5th 1000m 20th 1500m | 43rd 500m 12th 1000m 7th 1500m | ||||
2006–07 | ASSEN 500m 1000m 1500m | GRONINGEN 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 | |||
2007–08 | HEERENVEEN 5th 500m 1000m 9th 1500m | HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m overall | HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 1000m 40th 500m 1000m 39th overall | NAGANO 5th 1000m | 25th 100m 24th 500m 1000m | |||
2008–09 | HEERENVEEN 8th 500m 6th 1000m | GRONINGEN 500m 4th 1000m 7th 500m 4th 1000m 4th overall | VANCOUVER 5th 1000m | 12th 1000m | ||||
2009–10 | HEERENVEEN 8th 500m 7th 1000m | VANCOUVER 29th 500m 12th 1000m | 51st 500m 15th 1000m | |||||
2010–11 | HEERENVEEN 10th 500m 1000m | HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 6th 500m 1000m overall | HEERENVEEN 14th 500m 11th 1000m 21st 500m 7th 1000m 12th overall | 41st 500m 6th 1000m |
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