Jochem Uytdehaage

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Jochem Uytdehaage Speed ​​skating
Jochem Uytdehaage
Full name Jochem Simon Uytdehaage
nation NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
birthday July 9, 1976
place of birth Utrecht
size 1.74 cm
Career
discipline Speed ​​skating
status resigned
Medal table
winter Olympics 2 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
M-World Championship medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
E-World Cup medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
M-EM medals 2 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver Salt Lake City 2002 1500 m
gold Salt Lake City 2002 5000 m
gold Salt Lake City 2002 10,000 m
ISU All around world championships
gold Heerenveen 2002 All-around
ISU Individual distance world championships
gold Berlin 2003 5000 m
ISU All-around European Championships
gold Erfurt 2002 All-around
bronze Heerenveen 2004 All-around
gold Heerenveen 2005 All-around
 

Jochem Simon Uytdehaage (born July 9, 1976 in Utrecht ) is a former Dutch speed skater .

Career

Uytdehaage suddenly achieved fame in 2002 when he became Olympic champion in the 5000 and 10,000 meters at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City without any previous international success . He ran world records on both routes and was the first person to manage the 10,000 meters in under 13 minutes. He also won the silver medal over 1500 meters at these games.

In the further course of the year Uytdehaage became world champion in all- around in Heerenveen and all-around European champion in Erfurt . For his successes in 2002, the Dutchman was awarded the Oscar Mathisen Memorial Trophy .

In 2003 he won gold over 5000 meters at the individual distance world championship in Berlin.

After a serious car accident in 2004, Uytdehaage was never able to recover properly. Although he was able to win gold at the European Championships in 2005, his comeback attempts were unsatisfactory in the long term and he was unable to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin due to further injuries. In February 2007 he announced his retirement from competitive sports.

Uytdehaage led the nobility calendar for 1373 days.

Personal bests

route time date place
500 m 36.27 sec November 19, 2005 Salt Lake City
1000 m 1: 11.36 min February 24, 2001 Calgary
1500 m 1: 44.57 min February 19, 2002 Salt Lake City
3000 m 3: 43.28 min March 16, 2001 Calgary
5000 m 6: 14.66 min-1 February 9, 2002 Salt Lake City
10,000 m 12: 58.92 min-1 February 22, 2002 Salt Lake City

¹ = world record at the time of the run

Jochem Uytdehaage when he left in 2007

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