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Bart Veldkamp (born 22 November 1967 in The Hague , the Netherlands ) is a Belgian (originally Dutch) Speed Skater . SHORT BIOGRAPHY In 1990, Bart Veldkamp won the European Allround Championships and came very close to repeating that feat 11 years later in 2001, finishing 2nd. At the 1992 Winter Olympics , he won a gold medal on the 10,000 m. Before the 1994 Winter Olympics , he was so dissatisfied with the way to qualify for tournaments that he became a Belgian . In Belgium there was (and still is) no speed skating tradition, so qualifying for tournaments became no issue because there were no other speed skaters to compete with. In and Gianni Romme . His bronze medal was the first ever Olympic medal in speed skating for Belgium. In 1997, Veldkamp participated in the Elfstedentocht . In 2003, he announced that the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin would be his third Winter Olympics as a Belgian, his fifth overall, and definitely his last. At these 2006 Winter Olympics , Veldkamp finished 13th on the 5,000 m and 14th on the 10,000 m. MEDALS An overview of medals won by Veldkamp at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each: WORLD RECORDS Over the course of his career, Veldkamp skated two World Records : PERSONAL RECORDS Veldkamp has an Adelskalender score of 152.621 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a 5th place. EXTERNAL LINKS AND REFERENCES
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