Jan Jelte Ykema (born 18 April 1963) is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

A year later Ykema retired from international competition to work in real estate business.

After he recovered he started giving lessons at secondary schools about his addiction.

Source :[1] In 2008 he returned to competitive speed skating as assistant coach for the APPM team.

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