Koen Verweij Explained

Koen Verweij
Headercolor:	d7ecff
Country:	Netherlands
Birth Date:	26 August 1990
Birth Place:	Alkmaar, Netherlands
Height:	182 cm
Weight:	83 kg
Turnedpro:	2007
Show-Medals:	no

Koen Verweij (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /kun vɛrˈʋɛi/; born 26 August 1990) is a former Dutch speed skater 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 was the holder of the Dutch national record at the 1500 metres distance from 9 December 2017 until 10 March 2019.^[1]

Biography

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

Later in the same season he participated in the world junior championships in Changchun. He won the silver medal just behind 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, partly due to his strong improvement of his 10 km personal record, and qualified for the European all-round championships. Despite a fall on the 500 m he managed to finish the tournament in 12th position. His season was crowned with a victory at 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 Encouragement award for the best young Dutch skater.

At the 2014 Olympic Games Verweij finished 2nd in the 1500m event, 0.003 seconds behind Zbigniew Bródka.

On 14 July 2015 he announced that he was leaving Team Corendon after one season.^[3]

Records

Personal records

Verweij reached 5th position in the adelskalender on 15 November 2013.^[4] As of 10 March 2019, he is in 9th position^[5] with 145.915 points

World Records

Nr.	Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
1.		3.37,17	9 November 2013	Olympic Oval, Calgary
2.		3.35,60	16 November 2013		Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	World record until 15 February 2020

* together with Sven Kramer and Jan Blokhuijsen

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Allround	European Championships	World Championships Allround	World Championships Single Distances	Olympic Games	World Cup GWC	Dutch Championships Allround Junior	World Championships Junior Allround
2007–08	bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		6th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall Team pursuit
2008–09				bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			5th 500m 3000m 1500m overall Team pursuit
2009–10			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		21st 5km/10km Team pursuit		4th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall 1000m Team pursuit
2010–11						bgcolor=#EEEEEE		36th 1500m 8th Team pursuit	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2011–12						bgcolor=#EEEEEE		11th 1500m 33rd 5km/10km Team pursuit 28th GWC	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2012–13			bgcolor=#EEEEEE				bgcolor=#EEEEEE		9th 1500m Team pursuit 27th GWC	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2013–14					bgcolor=#EEEEEE			5th 1000m 1500m 24th 5km/10km Team pursuit GWC	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2014–15						bgcolor=#EEEEEE		16th 1000m 11th 1500m 24th 5km/10km 42nd Mass start 32nd GWC	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2017–18	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2016–17			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2017–18		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			11th 1000m 4th 1500m Team pursuit	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2018–19	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2019–20		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		43rd 1000m 24th 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2020–21	bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE

Source:^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

World Cup overview

1000 meter




4th	9th	8th	–	4th	5th
6th	7th	13th	–	–	–
6th	–	–		6th	–	–
–	–	–	4th(b)	–

1500 meter

–	–	3rd(b)	–	–	–
–	–	–	1st(b)	9th
10th		12th	4th	11th	13th
			–
	5th	9th	–	–	–

1st(b)	–	–	1st(b)	–

5000/10000 meter
7th	11th	–	–	–	–

–	–	–	2nd(b)	–	–

5th	–	–	–	–	–
6th	–	–	–	–	–

Team pursuit
	–	–	–
	5th	–	–
–	–	11th

		–	–

10th		–	–

Source: ^[9]

– = Did not participate
(b) = Division B
DNS = Did not start
DNQ = Did not qualify
DQ = Disqualified
NC = No classification

Medals won

Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	1	2
2	3	3
7	5	8
2	5	2
1	5	2
3	0	2
14	3	7
8	3	4

Notes and References

name=nr>Web site: National Records – Netherlands (NED) . www.speedskatingresults.com . 9 August 2014.
http://www.sportweek.nl/detail.asp?groupid=200&newsid=46659 "Eerste vier van NK allround naar EK"
http://nos.nl/artikel/2047019-schaatser-verweij-vertrekt-bij-corendon.html "Schaatser Verweij vertrekt bij Corendon"
name=adelskalender>Web site: Evolution of Adelskalendern since 1 July 2009 . evertstenlund.se. 11 March 2019.
Web site: Adelskalendern as of March 10, 2019 . 11 March 2019.
Web site: Koen Verweij. speedskatingnews . 23 January 2021.
Web site: Koen Verweij . speedskatingstats.com . 28 January 2021.
Web site: Koen Verweij . schaatsstatistieken.nl. 28 January 2021.
Web site: Events . International skating union . 16 February 2021.