Koen Verweij (; born 26 August 1990) is a former Dutch

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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.

Biography

On 30 December 2007 Verweij skated his first 10 km race at the Dutch all-round championships at the Kardinge ice track in

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. He finished the tournament in fifth position which resulted in his qualification as first reserve skater for the European all-round championship in

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. 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

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. 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

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. On 14 July 2015 he announced that he was leaving Team Corendon after one season.

Records

Personal records

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

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: * together with Sven Kramer and Jan Blokhuijsen

Tournament overview

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World Cup overview

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

Medals won

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verweij, Koen 1990 births Living people Dutch male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands People from Langedijk Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in speed skating World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists Speed skaters from North Holland 21st-century Dutch sportsmen