Jakko Jan Leeuwangh (born 9 September 1972) is a former
speed skater from the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. He finished fourth in the 1998
Olympic 1000 m event. In January 2000 he broke the 1500 m world record in
Calgary
Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...
, Canada, holding the record until it was broken by
Lee Kyou-hyuk in March 2001.
Records
Personal records
World records
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[
]
Tournament overview
source:
References
External links
Jakko Jan Leeuwangh at SpeedSkatingStats.com
1972 births
Dutch male speed skaters
Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands
World record setters in speed skating
Sportspeople from Alkmaar
Speed skaters from North Holland
Living people
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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