Koen Verweij

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Koen Verweij
Koen Verweij (EC Allround 2009)
Personal information
Born (1990-08-26) 26 August 1990 (age 33)
Alkmaar, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro2007
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi 1500 m
World Allround Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Heerenveen Allround
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Moscow Allround
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Heerenveen Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sochi Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2015 Heerenveen Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Inzell Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Heerenveen 1500 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Hamar Allround
Silver medal – second place 2015 Chelyabinsk Allround
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Collalbo Allround

Koen Verweij (born 26 August 1990) is a Dutch speedskater and inline speed skater. At the end of the skating season 2008–09 he made a transfer from the Jong Oranje team of the national skating union (KNSB) to the commercial team of TVM.

Verweij is the current holder of the Dutch record on the 1500 metres distance.[1]

Biography

On 30 December 2007 he skated his first 10 km race at the Dutch all-round championships at the Kardinge ice track in Groningen. He finished the tournament at a fifth position which resulted in qualification as first reserve rider for the European all-round championship in Kolomna.[2] This was a remarkable accomplishment, because he only was a junior rider at that moment, riding faster races than Sven Kramer did at the same age.[3]

Later in the same season he participated in the world junior championships in Changchun. He won the silver medal just after his teammate Jan Blokhuijsen and in front of his other teammate Berden de Vries. It was the first time since 1997 that all medals were captured by skaters from the same country.

At the Dutch all-round championships 2009, Verweij finished 4th, also due to his spectacular improvement of his 10 km personal record, and qualified for the European all-round championships. However this tournament started with a big deception, because he fell on the 500 m. However, he managed to finish the tournament at the 12th position. His season was crowned with a victory on the World Junior Skating championships where he won the 3000 m, the 5000 m, the all-round title, and the team pursuit. Because of these outstanding results he won the Egbert van't Oever Aanmoediging award for the best young Dutch skater.

At the 2014 Olympics Games Verweij finished 2nd in the 1500m event, after finishing only 0,003 seconds behind Zbigniew Bródka.

On July 14th 2015 he announced leaving Team Corendon after only one season. [4]

Personal records

Personal records[5]
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 35:64 12 February 2011 Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m 1:07.71 9 November 2013 Olympic Oval, Calgary
1500 m 1:42.28 15 November 2013 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m 3:43.51 20 December 2013 Thialf, Heerenveen
5000 m 6:09.51 10 November 2013 Olympic Oval, Calgary
10000 m 13:08.97 13 February 2011 Olympic Oval, Calgary

As of 10 November 2013, Verweij is at the 6th position in the adelskalender.[6]

Tournament summary

Year Dutch Allround European Allround World Allround World Distance Olympics World Juniors
07/08 5th ⇒ 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
08/09 4th 12th ⇒ 1st place, gold medalist(s)
09/10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) ⇒ 1st place, gold medalist(s)
10/11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) ⇒ 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) ⇒ 4th ⇒ 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) team pursuit
11/12 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4th ⇒ 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) ⇒ 1st place, gold medalist(s) team pursuit
12/13 DNS 9th ⇒ 1st place, gold medalist(s) team pursuit
13/14 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) ⇒ 6e 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) team pursuit

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[7]

References

  1. ^ "National Records – Netherlands (NED)". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Eerste vier van NK allround naar EK" SportWeek.nl, 30 December 2007.
  3. ^ Sportweek, January 2008.
  4. ^ "Schaatser Verweij vertrekt bij Corendon" NOS, 14 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Koen Verweij". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Evolution of Adelskalendern since 1 July 2009". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Koen Verweij". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
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