Jan Bos (born 29 March 1975) is a Dutch former
speedskater and sprint
cyclist
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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
Winter Olympics
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in
Nagano. He won the silver medal on that same distance in
Salt Lake City
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.
He competed at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
in
Athens
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in the team sprint track cycling event, together with his brother
Theo Bos
Theo Bos (born 22 August 1983) is a Dutch former professional road and track cyclist. An Olympic silver medalist and five-time world champion, he is the brother of Olympic medalist in speed skating Jan Bos.
On 29 November 2021, he announced ...
, who won the silver at the individual sprint, and
Teun Mulder
Teunis ("Teun") Mulder (born 18 June 1981) is a Dutch track cyclist. He is a former keirin World Champion and won a silver in the team sprint with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt. Mulder also won four world cup classics in the team sprint and keirin. He ...
. 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
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. At the time, the
International Human Powered Vehicle Association
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...
record was 133 km/h, held by the Canadian
Sam Whittingham
Sam Whittingham is a Canadian cyclist who has held several world records on recumbent bicycles.
Records
, he held the following world records under the sanction of the International Human Powered Vehicle Association:
* The 200 m flying ...
. Bos used a
recumbent bicycle
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specially developed for the occasion by students of the
Delft University of Technology
The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, a ...
and the
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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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:
See also
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List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who competed at the Summer Olympics. As of 2012 events in four cycling disciplines (BMX, mountain biking, road cycling, and track cycling) have been contested at the Summer Olympics. Dutch cyclist did not co ...
References
External links
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Jan Bosat SpeedSkatingStats.com
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1975 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Harderwijk
Speed skaters from Gelderland
Dutch male speed skaters
Dutch male cyclists
Dutch track cyclists
Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands
Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic medalists in speed skating
World record setters in speed skating
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
Dutch speed skating coaches
Dutch sports coaches
Cyclists from Gelderland
21st-century Dutch sportsmen
20th-century Dutch sportsmen