Merijn Scheperkamp Explained

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Merijn Scheperkamp
Birth Date:	6 March 2000
Birth Place:	Hilversum, Netherlands
Country:	Netherlands
Club:	Team Jumbo-Visma

Merijn Scheperkamp (born 6 March 2000) is a Dutch speed skater who specializes in the sprint distances.

Career

Scheperkamp won the bronze medal at inline skating at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. He made his ISU Speed Skating World Cup debut in October 2021 at the Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki in Poland where he finished ninth in the first heat.^[1]

He qualified for the 500m at the 2022 Winter Olympics by winning the Dutch Olympic qualifying event.

Scheperkamp is part of the junior team of Team Jumbo-Visma.

Tournament overview

Season			European Championships Single Distances		World Cup GWC	European Championships Sprint	World Championships Single Distances	World Championships Junior
2018–19	bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=1		bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=1		bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=1		bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=1		bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=1		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		7th 500m 15th 1500m 11th 1000m DNQ 5000m 21st overall
2019–20			bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=1		bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=1		bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=1		bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=1		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2020–21			bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=1		bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=1		34th 500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan=1		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2021–22					bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2022–23					7th 500m 46th 1000m

source: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: ISU World Cup #1 – 1st 500m Men Division A . International Skating Union (ISU).
2. Web site: Merijn Scheperkamp. speedskatingstats.com . 16 November 2022.
3. Web site: Merijn Scheperkamp. speedskatingnews.info . 23 November 2022.
4. Web site: Merijn Scheperkamp. speedskatingresults.com . 23 November 2022.
5. Web site: Merijn Scheperkamp. ISU.org. 23 November 2022.
6. Web site: Merijn Scheperkamp. schaatsstatistieken.nl. 28 March 2022.