Jos Valentijn (born 28 March 1952) is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands who specialized in the 500 m and 1000 m distances.

Jos Valentijn
Valentijn in 1973
Personal information
Born (1952-03-28) 28 March 1952 (age 72)
Ter Aar, Netherlands
Sport
Country Netherlands
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
World Sprint Championships
Silver medal – second place 1973 Oslo Sprint
Valentijn in 1976

In 1973, Valentijn won a silver medal at the World Sprint Championships. In 1976, while leading after three events he was disqualified at the 1000 m for three consecutive false starts and was left without a medal.[1][2]

His wife, Haitske Pijlman, is also a former competitive speed skater; their daughter Rikst Valentijn is an artistic gymnast.

Personal records

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Personal records
Men's Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 meter 38.40 20 February 1977 Innsbruck
1000 meter 1:17.3 5 February 1976 Davos
1500 meter 2:00.33 31 January 1976 Davos
3000 meter 4:33.53 22 February 1976 Inzell
5000 meter 7:58.4 24 January 1971 Inzell
Sprint combination 155.375 21/22 February 1976 Inzell

Source:[3]

Tournament overview

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Season
Dutch
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Sprint

1969–70
DEVENTER

  500m
4th 1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall

1970–71
AMSTERDAM

6th 500m
5th 1000m
  500m
  1000m
4th overall

1971–72
DEVENTER

  500m
  1000m
  500m
6th 1000m
6th overall
ESKILSTUNA

9th 500m
13th 1000m
12th 500m
14th 1000m
10th overall

1972–73
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
OSLO

  500m
  1000m
5th 500m
  1000m
  overall

1973–74

1974–75
ASSEN

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall

1975–76
GRONINGEN

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
BERLIN

  500m
4th 1000m
  500m
DQ 1000m
NC overall

1976–77
ASSEN

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
ALKMAAR

4th 500m
  1000m
5th 500m
12th 1000m
4th overall

1977–78
EINDHOVEN

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
LAKE PLACID

9th 500m
4th 1000m
9th 500m
5th 1000m
4th overall

1978–79
HEERENVEEN

  500m
5th 1000m
10th 500m
5th 1000m
5th overall

1979–80
THE HAGUE

  500m
4th 1000m
4th 500m
DNF 1000m
NC overall

Source: [4] [5] [6]

DQ = Disqualified
DNF = Did not finish
NC = No classification

Medals won

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Championship Gold
 
Silver
 
Bronze
 
World Sprint classification 0 1 0
Dutch Sprint classification 3 2 1

References

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  1. ^ Jos Valentijn (NED). schaatsstatistieken.nl
  2. ^ "De woelige schaatscarrière van Jos Valentijn (The turbulent skating career of Jos Valentijn)". Sportgeschiedenis.nl (in Dutch). 2019-02-14.
  3. ^ "Skater Profile | Jos Valentijn | Men | Netherlands".
  4. ^ "Jos Valentijn". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Jos Valentijn". speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Jos Valentijn". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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