Marcel Bosker Explained

Marcel Bosker
Headercolor:	d7ecff
Nationality:	Dutch
Birth Date:	19 January 1997
Birth Place:	Schöftland, Switzerland
Country:	Netherlands
Event:	5000 m
Club:	TalentNED
Turnedpro:	2018

Marcel Bosker (born 19 January 1997) is a Dutch long track speed skater.^[1]

He won the allround bronze medal at the 2018 World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Amsterdam.^[2]

Biography

Bosker is the son of parents with a skating career. His mother Henriët Bosker-van der Meer (1967) was Dutch all-round champion in 1989. Father Ronald Bosker also participated in the Dutch championships and finished seventh that same year. After immigrating to Switzerland, both his parents represented Switzerland during the 2003/2004 season onwards. Bosker was born in Switzerland. At the age of 14 he moved to the Netherlands without his parents and stayed with a host family so that he could develop his potential in speed skating.

Records

Personal records

At the end of the 2020–2021 speed skating season Bosker occupied the 18th position on the adelskalender with a score of 146.948 points^[3]

World record

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Allround	World Championships Allround	World Cup GWC	World Championships Single Distances	World Championships Junior	European Championships Single Distances	European Championships Allround	Olympic Games
2014–15			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2015–16			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2016–17			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		29th 1500m 25th 5000/10000m 82nd GWC	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2017–18				11th 1500m 11th 5000/10000m 23rd GWC	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2018–19			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		16th 1500m 5000/10000m 4th team pursuit 33rd GWC		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2019–20			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		7th 1500m 12th 5000/10000m 5th team pursuit 24th GWC		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2020–21			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		13th 5000m team pursuit		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2021–22				37th 1500m 11th 5000/10000m 4th team pursuit	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		9th 1500m 4th team pursuit
2022–23			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		36th 1500m 15th 5000/10000m team pursuit		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE

Source:^{[4] [5] [6]}

World Cup overview

	Season	1500 meter
	–	–	–	–	1st(b)	–
	14th	14th	5th(b)	3rd(b)		8th
	–	2nd(b)	11th	3rd(b)	4th	–
	8th	14th	7th	5th	6th
	–	–	–	14th	–
	–	–	10th(b)	–	2nd(b)

	Season	5000/10000 meter
	–	–	–	–	1st(b)	—
	–	–	–	2nd(b)	8th
		12th		9th	4th
	1st(b)	4th	12th*	–	4th(b)	7th
		9th
	3rd(b)	7th*(b)	DNF(b)	1st(b)	8th
	4th	8th	9th	–	6th	–

	Season	Team pursuit
	–		10th	–
			–
		–	–
	–	4th
		6th	7th
		–

Source: ^[7]

DNF = Did not finish

DNQ = Did not qualify

– = Did not participate

(b) = Division B

* = 10.000 meter

GWC = Grand World Cup

Medals won

Championship	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	0	0	2
	4	11	5
	0	0	3
	3	0	0
	3	0	1
	0	1	1
	4	5	3
World Junior	0	1	3

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marcel Bosker . schaatsstatistieken.nl . nl . 11 March 2018 .
2. Web site: ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships 2018 . . 11 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180311175328/http://live.isuresults.eu/2017-2018/amsterdam/standings1.htm . 11 March 2018 . dead .
3. Web site: Adelskalendern . evertstenlund.se. 15 February 2021.
4. Web site: Marcel Bosker. speedskatingnews . 23 January 2021.
5. Web site: Marcel Bosker . speedskatingstats.com . 28 January 2021.
6. Web site: Marcel Bosker . schaatsstatistieken.nl. 28 January 2021.
7. Web site: Events . International skating union . 16 February 2021.