Jan Smeekens
by Paul Meijering
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90.000 x 90.000 x 1.000 cm.
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Title
Jan Smeekens
Artist
Paul Meijering
Medium
Painting - Acrylic Painting
Description
Realistic acrylic painting of the Dutch speed skater and specialist on the 500 metres, Jan Smeekens, painted by the Dutch fine artist Paul Meijering. The Original painting is 90 x 90 cm and was a gift by the citizins of Raalte, his birthplace, for his silver medal at the Olympics in Sochi.
Jan Smeekens (born 11 February 1987) is a Dutch speed skater. He is a 500 m specialist.
Smeekens won his first international medal during the 2004 World Junior Single Distance Championships in Moscow where he won the gold medal at the 500 m. At the 2006 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships on 28 October 2005 he made his dt among the senior skaters in his country, resulting in claiming a World Cup spot for races in Collalbo and Baselga di PinIn the A-group of these World Cup meetings he finished in 6th and 7th position.
On 7 January 2006, later during the 200506 season he also made his dt at the 2006 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships. At these championships he managed to win the second race over 500 m. In February 2006 Smeekens signed a professional contract with the TVM Speed skating team.
His first success in his new team was winning a silver medal on the 500 m at the 2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships. He won the first race beating all the favourites, while finishing second behind Jan Bos in the final race. Bos claimed and defended his title.
In 2006 Smeekens became the Dutch junior record holder in the 500 m with a personal best of 35.16, which he achieved during the 2006 speed skating finals in Calgary.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Smeekens finished sixth in the 500 m race.
He won Silver in the Men's 500 metres Speed Skating event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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April 30th, 2014
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Comments (7)
Mariola Bitner
Congratulations on your outstanding artwork! It has been chosen to be FEATURED in the group “500 VIEWS.”
Paul Meijering replied:
Thank you so much, Mariola, for your compliment and the feature in your fantastic group!!;-))
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Jacqueline Athmann
Surprise & Congratulations!! Your photo has been featured on The Art Shoppe Cafe group homepage! Thank you for sharing your beautiful work with us! F/L
Paul Meijering replied:
Thank you so much, Jaqueline, for your compliment, your support and the feature in your fantastic group!!;-))