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Bart Veldkamp
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (1967-11-22) 22 November 1967 (age 56)
The Hague, Netherlands
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Country Netherlands (1989–1995)
 Belgium (1995–2006)
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro1989
Coached byAb Krook
Hans Veldkamp
Retired2006
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500 m: 37.55 (2000)
1000 m: 1:12.80 (2005)
1500 m: 1:49.00 (2001)
3000 m: 3:47.56
2006)
5000 m: 6:23.64 (2001)
10 000 m: 13:27.48 (2002)
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Olympic Games
Representing the  Netherlands
Gold medal – first place 1992 Albertville 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Lillehammer 10000 m
Representing  Belgium
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Nagano 5000 m
World Championships
Representing the  Netherlands
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Innsbruck Allround
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Heerenveen Allround
Representing  Belgium
Silver medal – second place 1996 Hamar 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 1999 Heerenveen 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Calgary 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Budapest Allround
European Championships
Representing the  Netherlands
Gold medal – first place 1990 Heerenveen Allround
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Sarajevo Allround
Representing  Belgium
Silver medal – second place 2001 Baselga di Pinè Allround

Bart Veldkamp (Dutch pronunciation: [bɑrt ˈfɛltkɑmp];[a] born 22 November 1967) is a retired speed skater, who represented the Netherlands and later Belgium in international competitions, including the Winter Olympics. He currently is the national speed skating coach of Belgium.

Speed skating

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In 1990, Bart Veldkamp won the European Allround Championships and came very close to repeating that feat 11 years later in 2001, finishing 2nd. At the 1992 Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal on the 10,000 m. Mainly due to this achievement, Veldkamp was named Dutch Sportsman of the Year in 1992. Before the 1994 Winter Olympics, he was dissatisfied with the qualifying procedures for tournaments and became a Belgian. In Belgium there was (and still is) no speed skating tradition, so qualifying for tournaments became simple because there were no other speed skaters to compete with.

In Lillehammer at the 1994 Winter Olympics, Veldkamp won a bronze medal on the 10,000 m for the Netherlands. The next Olympic medal he won was as a Belgian at the 1998 Winter Olympics on the 5,000 m, in which he became the first skater ever to break the 6:30 barrier on that distance, but his time was beaten later that same day by former compatriots Rintje Ritsma and Gianni Romme. His bronze medal was the first ever Olympic medal in speed skating for Belgium.

In 1997, Veldkamp participated in the Elfstedentocht. In 2003, he announced that the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin would be his third Winter Olympics as a Belgian, his fifth overall, and definitely his last. At these 2006 Winter Olympics, Veldkamp finished 13th on the 5,000 m and 14th on the 10,000 m and ended his career afterwards.

Commentary and coaching

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After his career Veldkamp became a sports commentator for the NOS to analyze speed skating races. He also appeared on several other TV shows such as Peking Express and Wildebeesten.

In the 2006/2007 winter season Veldkamp trained four Kenyan athletes, for the first time ever on ice, for a Dutch TV show. The goal was to let them skate the 200 km long alternative Elfstedentocht at the Weissensee in Austria.

He currently is the national speed skating coach of Belgium.

Records

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Personal records

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Personal records
Men's Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 37.55 15 January 2000 Hamar
1000 m 1:12.80 20 November 2005 Salt Lake City
1500 m 1:49.00 4 March 2001 Calgary
3000 m 3:47.56 5 February 2006 Turin
5000 m 6:23.64 2 March 2001 Calgary
10000 m 13:27.48 22 February 2002 Salt Lake City

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[1]

By 12 January 2014, Veldkamp was placed 107th with a score of 152.621 points on the Adelskalender, the ranking list for all-time personal bests.[2] His highest ranking ever on the Adelskalender was a 5th place.

World records

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Veldkamp skated one world record:

Event Result Date Location Note
3000 m 3:48.91 20 March 1998 Calgary World record until 19 March 1999

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[3]

Tournament overview

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Season 		Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances 		Dutch
Championships
Allround 		European
Championships
Allround 		Olympic
Games 		World
Championships
Single
Distances 		World
Championships
Allround

1986–87
THE HAGUE
UTRECHT
19th 10000m

1987–88
HEERENVEEN
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
4th 10000m

1988–89
HEERENVEEN
24th 500m
11th 1500m
4th 5000m
4th 10000m
THE HAGUE
11th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
4th 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall
OSLO
30th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
19th 1500m
5th 10000m
10th overall

1989–90
HEERENVEEN
23rd 500m
24th 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10000m
ASSEN
18th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
6th overall
HEERENVEEN
15th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
8th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
INNSBRUCK
22nd 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
6th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall

1990–91
THE HAGUE
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
ALKMAAR
11th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
SARAJEVO
14th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
4th 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall
HEERENVEEN
23rd 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
11th 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall

1991–92
HEERENVEEN
7th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
ALKMAAR
9th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
HEERENVEEN
12th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
6th 1500m
5th 10000m
5th overall
ALBERTVILLE
5th 1500m
5th 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
CALGARY
15th 500m
32nd 5000m
32nd 1500m
DNQ 10000m
NC overall(29th)

1992–93
DEVENTER
NC 500m
8th 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10000m
ASSEN
12th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
HEERENVEEN
14th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
12th 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10000m
4th overall
HAMAR
18th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
9th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
4th overall

1993–94
HEERENVEEN
13th 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
4th 10000m
THE HAGUE
7th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
7th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall
LILLEHAMMER
5th 5000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10000m
GOTHENBURG
14th 500m
9th 5000m
14th 1500m
5th 10000m
8th overall

1994–95
THE HAGUE
DNF 10000m
7th 1500m
6th 5000m
ASSEN
9th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
6th 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall

1995–96
DAVOS
15th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
11th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
4th overall
HAMAR
4th 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10000m
INZELL
24th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
18th 1500m
4th 10000m
9th overall

1996–97
HEERENVEEN
24th 500m
15th 5000m
16th 1500m
DNQ 10000m
NC overall(18th)
WARSAW
4th 5000m
4th 10000m
NAGANO
26th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
11th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
6th overall

1997–98
HELSINKI
16th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
9th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
4th overall
NAGANO
17th 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
4th 10000m
CALGARY
18th 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
5th 10000m
HEERENVEEN
27th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
5th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
4th overall

1998–99
HEERENVEEN
14th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
13th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
4th overall
HEERENVEEN
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
5th 10000m
HAMAR
20th 500m
7th 5000m
18th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
5th overall

1999–2000
HAMAR
8th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
10th 1500m
5th 10000m
5th overall
NAGANO
6th 5000m
5th 10000m
MILWAUKEE
19th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
7th 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10000m
4th overall

2000–01
BASELGA di PINÈ
22nd 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
6th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
SALT LAKE CITY
18th 5000m
8th 10000m
BUDAPEST
20th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
12th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall

2001–02
ERFURT
25th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
25th 1500m
6th 10000m
13th overall
SALT LAKE CITY
8th 5000m
9th 10000m
HEERENVEEN
22nd 500m
4th 5000m
19th 1500m
4th 10000m
9th overall

2002–03
HEERENVEEN
24th 500m
9th 5000m
21st 1500m
4th 10000m
14th overall
BERLIN
18th 5000m
10th 10000m

2003–04
HEERENVEEN
26th 500m
16th 5000m
21st 1500m
DNQ 10000m
NC overall(22nd)
SEOUL
18th 5000m

2004–05
HEERENVEEN
24th 500m
10th 5000m
20th 1500m
9th 10000m
12th overall
INZELL
9th 5000m
10th 10000m
MOSCOW
17th 500m
8th 5000m
17th 1500m
8th 10000m
11th overall

2005–06
HAMAR
22nd 500m
15th 5000m
20th 1500m
DNQ 10000m
NC overall(20th)
TURIN
13th 5000m
14th 10000m

Source: [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

NC = No classification
DNQ = Did not qualify

Medals won

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Championship Gold
1st place, gold medalist(s)		 Silver
2nd place, silver medalist(s)		 Bronze
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Allround classification 1 1 1
Olympic Games 1 0 2
World Single Distances 0 2 1
World Allround classification 0 0 3
Dutch Allround classification 0 3 3
Dutch Single Distances 4 3 4

Medals

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An overview of medals won by Veldkamp at important championships, listing the years in which he won each medal:

Championship Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal
Winter Olympics 1992 (10000 m) 1994 (10000 m)
1998 (5000 m)
World Allround 1990
1991
2001
World Single Distance 1996 (10000 m)
1999 (5000 m)		 1998 (5000 m)
European Allround 1990 2001 1991
Dutch Allround 1991
1992
1993		 1989
1994
1995
Dutch Single Distance 1991 (5000 m)
1991 (10000 m)
1992 (5000 m)
1992 (10000 m)		 1990 (10000 m)
1991 (1500 m)
1993 (10000 m)		 1988 (5000 m)
1990 (5000 m)
1993 (5000 m)
1994 (5000 m)

Notes

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  1. ^ Surname in isolation: [ˈvɛltkɑmp].

References

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  1. ^ "Bart Veldkamp". SpeedskatingResults.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  2. ^ Adelskalender
  3. ^ "Bart Veldkamp". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Bart Veldkamp". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Bart Veldkamp". speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Bart Veldkamp". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Bart Veldkamp". ISU.org. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Skater Profile | Bart Veldkamp | Men | Belgium".
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Records
Preceded by Men's 3,000 m speed skating world record
21 March 1998 – 19 March 1999 		Succeeded by
Awards
New award Ard Schenk Award
1990 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Dutch Sportsman of the Year
1992 		Succeeded by
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