Jochem Uytdehaage

Jochem Simon Uytdehaage (born 9 July 1976) is a Dutch former long track speed skater who won two Olympic gold medals in Salt Lake City and was the 2002 World Allround champion. He retired in 2007 at the age of 30, following two consecutive seasons of poor results.

Biography

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Jochem Uytdehaage on his retirement

Uytdehaage was born on 9 July 1976 in Oog in Al, Utrecht, Netherlands. He was the 2002 European Allround champion. During the 2002 Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter events and the silver in the 1500 meter event. His winning time on the 10,000 meter was 12:58.92, the first time a skater broke the 13-minute barrier on this distance, and this world record stood for three years, until it was broken by Carl Verheijen and Chad Hedrick. His 5,000 meter time of 6:14.66 was also a world record. Uytdehaage led the long track speed skating Adelskalender from 2001 until 13 November 2005, when Chad Hedrick (US) overtook him.

In December 2005, at the Dutch Olympic trials in Heerenveen, Uytdehaage failed to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

After retirement he was also a reporter in the AVROTROS program De IJzersterkste in 2019-2020.

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Allround	European Championships Allround	Olympic Games	World Cup GWC	World Championships Single Distances	World Championships Allround
1995–96	GRONINGEN 8th 1500m 13th 5000m	THE HAGUE 22nd 500m 11th 5000m 19th 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall (18th)
1996–97		ASSEN 20th 500m 17th 5000m 20th 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall (21st)
1997–98	HEERENVEEN 17th 1500m 11th 5000m 6th 10000m	DEVENTER 12th 500m 5th 5000m 8th 1500m 4th 10000m Template:Bronze3 overall
1998–99	GRONINGEN 16th 1500m 8th 5000m 5th 10000m	THE HAGUE 7th 500m 4th 5000m 4th 1500m Template:Bronze3 10000m Template:Silver2 overall			29th 5000m/10000m
1999–2000	DEVENTER 9th 1500m 4th 5000m Template:Gold1 10000m	THE HAGUE 7th 500m 4th 5000m 8th 1500m Template:Silver2 10000m 5th overall
2000–01	THE HAGUE 4th 5000m Template:Bronze3 10000m	HEERENVEEN Template:Bronze3 500m Template:Silver2 5000m 6th 1500m Template:Silver2 10000m Template:Gold1 overall	BASELGA di PINÈ 6th 500m 7th 5000m 5th 1500m 4th 10000m 4th overall		34th 1500m 8th 5000m/10000m	SALT LAKE CITY 7th 10000m	BUDAPEST 18th 500m 9th 5000m 8th 1500m 9th 10000m 10th overall
2001–02	GRONINGEN 11th 1500m 5th 5000m		ERFURT 4th 500m Template:Silver2 5000m 5th 1500m 5th 10000m Template:Gold1 overall	SALT LAKE CITY Template:Silver2 1500m Template:Gold1 5000m Template:Gold1 10000m	34th 1500m 8th 5000m/10000m		HEERENVEEN 5th 500m Template:Gold1 5000m 4th 1500m Template:Gold1 10000m Template:Gold1 overall
2002–03	UTRECHT 7th 1500m 4th 5000m	ASSEN 11th 500m 7th 5000m 9th 1500m 6th 10000m 8th overall			11th 1500m Template:Bronze3 5000m/10000m	BERLIN Template:Gold1 5000m
2003–04	HEERENVEEN 4th 1500m Template:Silver2 5000m Template:Gold1 10000m	EINDHOVEN 5th 500m Template:Gold1 5000m Template:Bronze3 1500m Template:Gold1 10000m Template:Gold1 overall	HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 4th 5000m 4th 1500m 4th 10000m Template:Bronze3 overall		12th 1500m 4th 5000m/10000m		HAMAR 12th 500m 8th 5000m DNS 1500m DNS 10000m NC overall
2004–05	ASSEN 13th 1500m 13th 5000m 6th 10000m	HEERENVEEN Template:Silver2 500m 5th 5000m Template:Bronze3 1500m 5th 10000m 4th overall	HEERENVEEN Template:Silver2 500m 5th 5000m Template:Gold1 1500m 5th 10000m Template:Gold1 overall		7th 5000m/10000m	INZELL 7th 5000m	MOSCOW 11th 500m 7th 5000m 5th 1500m 6th 10000m 5th overall
2005–06	HEERENVEEN 7th 1500m 6th 5000m		HAMAR 14th 500m 14th 5000m 16th 1500m 12th 10000m 11th overall		22nd 5000m/10000m Template:Bronze3 Team pursuit
2006–07	ASSEN 16th 1500m 9th 5000m 8th 10000m	HEERENVEEN 13th 500m 8th 5000m 17th 1500m 9th 10000m 9th overall

Source:

NC = No classification

DNQ = Did not qualify for the last event

World Cup

Season	1500 meter
1998–1999
1999–2000
2000–2001	–	–	3rd(b)	–	–
2001–2002	–	–	–	–	– 1st(b)
2002–2003	7th	9th	16th	4th	–	–
2003–2004	5th	6th	9th
2004–2005
2005–2006

Season	5000 meter/10000 meter
1998–1999		–	–*	–	9th	–
1999–2000
2000–2001	16th	12th*	10th	5th	5th
2001–2002	6th	9th	Template:Silver2	10th*	8th	10th
2002–2003	4th	Template:Bronze3	Template:Bronze3	6th*	Template:Gold1	Template:Gold1
2003–2004	6th	Template:Silver2*	Template:Bronze3	7th	6th	6th*
2004–2005	–	–	8th*	Template:Silver2	5th	–*
2005–2006	–	–	14th*	1st(b)	–	Template:Silver2	Template:Gold1	–

Season	Team pursuit
1998–1999
1999–2000
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006	Template:Silver2	Template:Gold1	–

Source:

(b) = Division B

* = 10000 meter

– = Did not participate

Medals won

Championship	Gold Template:Gold1	Silver Template:Silver2	Bronze Template:Bronze3
Dutch Single Distances	2	1	1
Dutch Allround events	2	4	4
Dutch Allround classification	2	1	1
European Allround events	1	2	0
European Allround classification	2	0	1
World Allround events	2	0	0
World Allround classification	1	0	0
Olympic Games	2	1	0
World Cup GWC	4	5	3
World Cup classification	0	0	2
Total	18	14	12

External links

• Photos of Jochem Uytdehaage
• Template:Olympics.com
• Template:NOC*NSF