Jan Bos (born 29 March 1975) is a Dutch former speedskater and sprint

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. In the late 1990s he was world champion in speed skating and he competed in the 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 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

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in Nagano. He won the silver medal on that same distance in

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. He competed at the

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in the team sprint track cycling event, together with his brother

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, who won the silver at the individual sprint, and

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. 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,

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. At the time, the

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record was 133 km/h, held by the Canadian

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. Bos used a

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specially developed for the occasion by students of the

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and the

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, 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)

Records

Personal records

Bos specialized in the sprint events but does have an Adelsalender score of 156.494 Source: www.sskating.com & SpeedskatingResults.com

World records

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

Tournament overview

* DNF = Did not finish * DQ = Disqualified source:

References

External links

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