Jos Valentijn

Jos Valentijn
	Valentijn in 1973
Personal information
Born	28 March 1952 (age 69); Ter Aar, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record
World Sprint Championships

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

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]

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

Personal records[]

Event	Result	Date	Location
Personal records
Men's Speed skating
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:^[2]

Tournament overview[]

Season	Dutch Championships Sprint	World Championships Sprint
1969–1970	500m 4th 1000m 500m 1000m overall
1970–1971	6th 500m 5th 1000m 500m 1000m 4th overall
1971–1972	500m 1000m 500m 6th 1000m 6th overall	ESKILSTUNA 9th 500m 13th 1000m 12th 500m 14th 1000m 10th overall
1972–1973	500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	OSLO 500m 1000m 5th 500m 1000m overall
1973–1974
1974–1975	500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall
1975–1976	500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	BERLIN 500m 4th 1000m 500m DQ 1000m NC overall
1976–1977	500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	ALKMAAR 4th 500m 1000m 5th 500m 12th 1000m 4th overall
1977–1978	500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	LAKE PLACID 9th 500m 4th 1000m 9th 500m 5th 1000m 4th overall
1978–1979	500m 5th 1000m 10th 500m 5th 1000m 5th overall
1979–1980	500m 4th 1000m 4th 500m DNF 1000m NC overall