Jochem Uytdehaage

Jochem Uytdehaage is a Dutch former long track speed skater, born on 9 July 1976 in Oog in Al, Utrecht. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City he won gold in the 5000 and 10000 metres and silver in the 1500 metres. His 10000 metre time of 12:58.92 was the first below thirteen minutes, a world record that stood for three years until Carl Verheijen and Chad Hedrick broke it, and his 5000 metre time of 6:14.66 was also a world record. He was the 2002 European and World Allround champion and led the Adelskalender from 2001 until November 2005. He retired in 2007 at the age of thirty and later worked as a reporter for a Dutch television programme.