Jan Bols (speed skater)

Jan Bols
nation	Netherlands
birthday	August 27, 1944
place of birth	Hoogeveen ,  Netherlands
size	175 cm
Weight	69 kg
Career
status	resigned
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 × EM medals 0 × 0 × 1 × National medals 1 × 3 × 1 ×
All around world championships bronze 1972 Oslo All-around  All-around European Championships bronze 1972 Davos All-around
Placements in the speed skating world cup
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  500 meters 1 1 1  1000 meters 1 0 0  5000 meters 0 0 1
last change: February 19, 2011

Jan Bols (born August 27, 1944 in Hoogeveen , Drenthe ) is a former Dutch speed skater who mainly had his strengths in all-around competitions.

At the beginning of the 1970s, Bols was the third best speed skater in the Netherlands behind Ard Schenk and Kees Verkerk . In 1971 he was able to win the Dutch championship title and was one of the favorites for the European Championships . Due to an alternating error over 5000 m, however, he was disqualified, although he incorrectly ran the outer longer lane.

Bol's best season was 1972 when he took third place in both the European and World Championships . At the Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo , he came fifth over 1500 m and fourth over 10,000 m.

After his active career, he opened a sports shop in his hometown of Hoogeveen.

Personal bests

route	time	date	place
500 m	39.40 s	15th January 1972	Davos
1000 m	1: 20.40 min	19th January 1971	Davos
1500 m	2: 1.60 min	January 22, 1972	Davos
3000 m	4: 13.50 min	March 2nd 1972	Inzell
5000 m	7: 10.70 min	March 4th 1972	Inzell
10,000 m	15: 10.20 min	March 5th 1972	Inzell

Web links

• Jan Bols in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Statistics on the speed skating news page