Salt Lake City, Utah Olympic Oval, 22 February 2002: Jochem UYTDEHAAGE of the Netherlands on his way to a world record time of 12.58.92 in the men's 10000m speed skating event during the XIX Olympic Winter Games. Credit: Getty Images/Mike HewittOther names: UYTDEHAAGE, Jochem Simon
Born: 9 July 1976
Birthplace: Utrecht (Netherlands)
Nationality: Netherlands
Sport: Skating
ATTENDANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
Salt Lake City 2002
AWARDS
Olympic medals:
Gold: 2
Silver: 1
Other results:
World Allround Championships
Gold: 1 (02)
First Skater Under 13 Minutes
Jochem Uytdehaage stepped onto the podium for the first time the 23 November 2001 in World Cup race until . Yet only 2? months later, he was the most successful skater at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Uytdehaage entered three races and broke the world record in two of them. In the 5,000m event, he bettered Gianni Romme's world record by more than four seconds to take the gold medal ahead of Derek Parra. Uytdehaage came back to win the 10,000m by 11.11 seconds. He was the first skater to break the 13-minute barrier for 10,000m.
