Jan Ykema

Jan Jelte Ykema (born 18 April 1963) is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. In 1988 (Calgary) he won the silver medal in the men's 500 metres. The same year he won all of his three World Cup races. A year later Ykema retired from international competition to work in real estate business. During his career he won three national sprint titles (1982, 1987 and 1988) and three distance titles.

Jan Ykema

Jan Ykema in 1982
Personal information
Born	(1963-04-18) 18 April 1963 (age 61) Harlingen, Netherlands
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1984 Winter Olympics 1988 Winter Olympics
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing  Netherlands Olympic Games 1988 Calgary 500 metres

After retiring from skating, Ykema became addicted to cocaine, and this addiction lasted for about 15 years. After he recovered he started giving lessons at secondary schools about his addiction. Source :^[1]

In 2008 he returned to competitive speed skating as assistant coach for the APPM team.

Records

Personal records

Personal records
Men's Speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 meter	36.76	14 February 1988	Calgary
1000 meter	1:14.24	6 December 1987	Calgary
1500 meter	1:59.11	20 March 1988	Heerenveen
3000 meter	4:40.92	10 December 1979	Alkmaar
5000 meter	8:23.10	18 November 1979	Groningen
10000 meter	16:27.30	20 February 1982	Inzell

Source:^[2]

World records

Nr.	Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
1.	1000 meter (juniors)	1:17.78	30 January 1981	Davos	Junior world record until 31 January 1981
2.	500 meter (juniors)	38.42	31 January 1981	Davos	Junior world record until 23 January 1982
3.	1000 meter (juniors)	1:17.49	31 January 1981	Davos	Junior world record until 23 March 1983
4.	Sprint combination (juniors)	155.935	31 January 1981	Davos	Junior world record until 11 March 1984

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Sprint	Olympic Games	World Championships Sprint
1980–81		ASSEN 4th 500m 6th 1000m 8th 500m 7th 1000m 5th overall		GRENOBLE 23rd 500m 26th 1000m 23rd 500m 22nd 1000m 20th overall
1981–82		HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall		ALKMAAR 30th 500m 5th 1000m 8th 500m 13th 1000m 28th overall
1982–83		UTRECHT 6th 500m 1000m 5th 500m 8th 1000m 6th overall
1983–84		EINDHOVEN 500m 5th 1000m 6th 500m 14th 1000m 5th overall	SARAJEVO 14th 500m 20th 1000m	TRONDHEIM 12th 500m 20th 1000m 25th 500m 17th 1000m 18th overall
1984–85		UTRECHT 500m 1000m 500m 21st 1000m 12th overall
1985–86		UTRECHT 500m 4th 1000m 500m overall		KARUIZAWA 12th 500m 8th 1000m 9th 500m 32nd 1000m 31st overall
1986–87	THE HAGUE UTRECHT 4th 500m 22nd 1000m	DEVENTER 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall		QUEBEC CITY 18th 500m 22nd 1000m 10th 500m 25th 1000m 18th overall
1987–88	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m	ALKMAAR 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	CALGARY 500m DNS 1000m	WEST ALLIS 10th 500m 1000m 7th 500m 8th 1000m 6th overall
1988–89	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall		HEERENVEEN 16th 500m 10th 1000m 15th 500m 5th1000m 12th overall

Source: ^{[3] [4] [5]}

References

1. "Jan Ykema". Archived from the original on 20 November 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
2. "Jan Ykema". Retrieved 16 February 2022.
3. "Jan Ykema". SpeedSkatingNews.
4. "Jan Ykema". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
5. "Jan Ykema". Retrieved 16 February 2022.

Olympic Games
Preceded by Hilbert van der Duim	Flagbearer for  Netherlands Calgary 1988	Succeeded by Leo Visser