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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. In 1988 (Calgary) he won the silver medal in the men’s 500 metres. The same year he won all of his three World Cup races. A year later Ykema retired from international competition to work in real estate business.
