Joep Wennemars Explained

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Joep Wennemars
Birth Date:	3 October 2002
Birth Place:	Dalfsen, Netherlands
Country:	Netherlands
Club:	Team Jumbo-Visma

Joep Wennemars (born 3 October 2002) is a Dutch speed skater who specializes in the sprint distances.

Career

Wennemars won the 2022 World Junior Speed Skating Championships at the Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck in Austria. He made his ISU Speed Skating World Cup debut in November 2022 at the Sørmarka Arena in Stavanger, Norway where he finished seventh in the 500 m in Division B, resulting in a promotion to Division A.^[1] At the second World Cup event, held at the Thialf in Heerenveen, he finished in second place in Division A behind Ning Zhongyan in a personal record of 1:08.08.^[2]

Wennemars is part of Team Jumbo-Visma and is under contract until 2024.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ISU World Cup #1 – 1st 500m Men Division B . International Skating Union (ISU).
2. Web site: ISU World Cup #2 – 1000m Men Division A . International Skating Union (ISU).
3. Web site: Joep Wennermars . Team Jumbo-Visma.