Bloemen, Ted-Jan

Person Type: 
National Team
National Elite / Senior Pool
Track Type: 
Long
Date of Birth: 
August 16, 1986
Hometown: 
Leiderdorp , NED
Current Residence: 
Calgary, AB
Coach: 
Bart Schouten
Training Centre: 
The Olympic Oval, Calgary
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Biography: 

 

Personal bests:
500m, 36,87 - March 19, 2010 (Heerenveen, NED)
1000m, 1.10,87 - March 21, 2009 (Calgary, CAN)
1500m, 1.44.91 - November 15, 2015 (Calgary, CAN)
3000m, 3.37.04 - December 30, 2017 (Calgary, CAN)
5000m, 6.01.86 - December 10, 2017 (Salt Lake City, U.S.A.)
10000m, 12:36.30 - November 21, 2015 (Salt Lake City, U.S.A.)

Facts: 

2017-2018
-Won a gold medal in the 10,000m and silver in the 5000m at his first-ever Olympic Games
-Broke the 10,000m Olympic Record in PyeongChang with a time of 12:39.77
-Finish first overall in the 5000m/10,000m World Cups Overall Ranking
-Broke the Men's 5000m World Record with a time of 6:01.86 December 10, 2017, at the World Cup in Salt Lake City
-Broke the Men's Team Pursuit Canadian Record (3:36.44) with Denny Morrison and Ben Donnelly, December 8, 2017, in Salt Lake City
-Named Speed Skating Canada Male Long Track Skater of the Year (Jeremy Wotherspoon Award)

2016-2017
-Broke the 5,000m Canadian Senior Record at Calgary's Olympic Oval Fall Classic, September 24, 2016 (6:11.64)
-Took the 4th spot in the 10,000m at the World Single Distance Championships

2015-2016
-Named Long Track Male Athlete of the Year by Speed Skating Canada
-Won the Oscar Mathisen Award given annually for the most outstanding speed skating performance of the season world-wide
-Became the first-ever Canadian to won a medal in the 10,000m event at an international senior long track competition with a silver medal at the World Single Distance Championships. He also won a bronze medal in the men's team pursuit.
-Broke the 10,000m World Record at the World Cup #2 in Salt Lake City (12:36.30)
-Broke the 5,000m Canadian Senior record at the World Cup #1 (6:12.72)
-Broke the 10,000m Canadian Senior record at the Fall World Cup Selections (12:52.68)
-Took part in the World Allround Championships

2014-2015
-Won the silver medal in Team Pursuit at the 2015 World Single Distance Championships as a Canadian representative
-Moved to Canada and applied for Canadian citizenship as his father is Canadian and lived here for the first few years of his life

2009-2010
-Took the fourth spot in the overall ranking of the 2010 World Allround Championships as a representative of the Netherlands

2007-2008
-Took part in his first ever World Cup as a representative of the Netherlands and won his first international senior medal in team pursuit in February 2008 in Italy

Results: 
Event500m1000m1500m5000m /
10,000m /
Long distance		Mass StartTeam Pursuit
2017-2018      
National Rankings  12

1

  
World Cups Rankings  31

1

 6
World Allround Championships - Amsterdam (NED) (overall: 16)19
(38.81)		 6
(1:51.22)

5000m: 15
(6:53.08)

  
Olympic Games   

5000m: SILVER
(6:11.616)

10,000m: GOLD
(12:39.77)		 7
(3:42.16)
World Cup #5 - Erfurt (GER)  2 (B)
(1:48.22)

5000m: BRONZE
(6:17.11)

  
2018 Long Track Team Selections  4
(1:45.48)

5000m: 1
(6:16.36)

10,000m: 1
(12:43.04)		  
World Cup #4 - Salt Lake City, USA   

5000m
GOLD
(6:01.86)

 GOLD
(3:36.44)
World Cup #3 - Canada, CAN   

5000m
SILVER
(6:08.54)

 10 (DQ)
World Cup #2 - Stavanger, NOR   

10,000m
SILVER
(12:52.64)

  
World Cup #1 - Heenrenveen, NED   

5000m
SILVER
(6:14.95)

 4
(3:43.48)
Fall World Cups Selection   

5000m: 1
(6:17.35)

10,000m: 1
(12:46.83)		9
#1: 5
#2: 13		 
2016-2017      
National Rankings (overall: 9)54 2

1

17 
World Cup Rankings  27

5000m:
2

10 000m:
2

 5
Canada Cup 4/Oval Finale   

5000m:
1
(6:20.70)

10 000m:
1
(12:59.82)		  
World Cup Final (Stavanger, NOR)   

3000m:
SILVER
(6:18,46)

 5
(4:48,51)
World Single Distance Championships, Gangneung (KOR)   

5000m:
5
(6:14.73)

10 000m:
4
(12:54,63)		 4
(3:41.68)
World Cup #5 - Berlin, GER  2 (B)
(1:48.98)

5000m:
GOLD
(6:15.84)

  
Canadian Single Distance Championships17 (1)
(37.18)		 DQ
(1:46.56)

5000m:
2
(6:28.23)

4 
World Cup #4 - Heerenveen, NED   

10,000m:
BRONZE
(13:00.07)

 5
(3:44.62)
World Cup #3 - Astana, KAZ  4 (B)
(1:47.78)

5000m:
BRONZE
(6:22.82)

 SILVER
(3:44.95)
World Cup #2 - Nagano, JPN   

5000m:
12
(6:25.64)

 8
(3:46.09)
World Cup #1 - Harbin, CHN   

5000m:
8
(6:29.81)

 6
(3:50.71)
Fall World Cup Selections  4
(1:47.03)

5000m : 1
(6:15.41)

10,000m: DQ
(12:51.15)		  
2015-2016      
National Rankings  8

5000m /
10 000m: 1

  
World Cup Ranking (Overall: 11)  28

4

 7
World Cup Final - Heerenveen   

5000m:
4
(6:16.70)

  
World Allround Championships, Berlin (overall: 5)21
(37.68)		 13
(1:48.64)

5000m:
4
(6:19.84)

10 000m:
5
(13:21.91)		  
World Single Distance Championships   

5000m: 5
(6:18.81)

10,000m: SILVER
(12:59.69)

 BRONZE
(3:43.28)
World Cup #5 - Stavanger  12 (B)
(1:49.02)

5000m (A)
BRONZE
(6:18.05)

  
World Cup #2 - Salt Lake City   

10,000m
GOLD
(12:36.30)

  
World Cup #1 - Calgary  1 (B)
(1:44.91)

5000m (A)
BRONZE
(6:12.72)

 OR
(3:39.32)
Fall World Cup Selections  2   
(1:47.81)

5000m:
1
(6:19.96)

10 000m:
1
(12:52.68)

11 
2014-2015
(Canada)		      
Final ranking: National22 2

5000m:
1

9 
World Allround Championshps
(Overall: 16)		22
(37.03)		 17
(1:46.89)

5000m:
8
(6 :22.40)

  
World Single Distance Championships   

5000m:
6
(6:21.16)

10 000m:
6
(13:17.24)

 ARGENT
(3:44.09)
World Cup #5 - Hamar  5 (B)
(1:49.19)

5000m:
15 (A)
(6:36.88)

  
Canadian Single Distance Championships(1): 19
(37.20)		 3
(1:47.55)

5000m:
1
(6:25.94)

4 
World Cup #4 - Heerenveen  8 (B)
(1:49.17)

5000m (B):
3
(6:27.31)

 4
(3:45.57)
World Cup #3 - Berlin  5 (B)
(1:49.20)

5000m (A) :
10
(6:29.89)

 6
(3:49.88)
World Cup #2 - Seoul   

10000m (B):
3
(13.35.77)

  
Fall World Cup Selections  4:
(1:46.36)

5000m: 1
(6:15.75)

10000m: 1
(13:07.38)

Long distance: 4
(7:55.17)

  
2013-2014
(Netherlands)		      
World Cup

 

  6  
2012-2013
(Netherlands)		      
World Cup
(Overall: 43)

 

  8  
2011-2012
(Netherlands)		      
World All Round Championships
(Overall: 14)		      
European Championships
(Overall: 9)

 

     
World Cup   28  
2010-2011
(Netherlands)		      
World Cup

 

  35  
2009-2010
(Netherlands)		      
World All Round Championships
(Overall: 4)

 

  

5000m: 3

10 000m: 3

  
2008-2009
(Netherlands)		      
World Cup

 

  6  
2007-2008
(Netherlands)
      
European Championships
(Overall: 8)		      
World Cup   38  
World Cup - Baselga di Piné

 

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