# Koen Verweij

Koen Verweij (Dutch pronunciation:; 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.

## 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. 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.

## Records
### Personal records

Personal records :
| Men's speed skating |||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
| 500 meter | 35.64 | 12 February 2011 | Calgary | |
| 1000 meter | 1:06.94 | 10 December 2017 | Salt Lake City | |
| 1500 meter | 1:41.63 | 9 December 2017 | Salt Lake City | Dutch national record until 10 March 2019 |
| 3000 meter | 3:42.86 | 25 February 2017 | Inzell | |
| 5000 meter | 6:09.51 | 10 November 2013 | Calgary | |
| 10000 meter | 13:08.97 | 13 February 2011 | Calgary | |
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

### World Records

| Nr. | Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
| 1. | Team pursuit | *3.37,17 | 9 November 2013 | Olympic Oval, Calgary |
| 2. | Team pursuit | *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 | | GRONINGEN 4th 500m 7th 5000m 7th 1500m 8th 10000m 5th overall | | | | | | | CHANGCHUN 6th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall Team pursuit |
| 2008–09 | HEERENVEEN 8th 1500m 7th 5000m | HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 6th 5000m 4th 1500m 5th 10000m 4th overall | HEERENVEEN 31st 500m 6th 5000m 7th 1500m 8th 10000m 12th overall | | | | | 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall | ZAKOPANE 5th 500m 3000m 1500m overall Team pursuit |
| 2009–10 | HEERENVEEN 9th 1500m 4th 5000m 8th 10000m | HEERENVEEN 500m 6th 5000m 4th 1500m 5th 10000m overall | | | | | 21st 5km/10km Team pursuit | 5th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall | MOSCOW 4th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall 1000m Team pursuit |
| 2010–11 | HEERENVEEN 10th 1000m 6th 1500m 7th 5000m | HEERENVEEN 500m 4th 5000m 4th 1500m 10000m overall | COLLALBO 500m 5000m 6th 1500m 4th 10000m overall | CALGARY 5th 500m 5000m 7th 1500m 5th 10000m 4th overall | INZELL Team pursuit | | 36th 1500m 8th Team pursuit | | |
| 2011–12 | HEERENVEEN 10th 1500m 10th 5000m | HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | BUDAPEST 10th 500m 7th 5000m 5th 1500m 5th 10000 4th overall | MOSCOW 500m 4th 5000m 6th 1500m 5th 10000m overall | HEERENVEEN 14th 1500m Team pursuit | | 11th 1500m 33rd 5km/10km Team pursuit 28th GWC | | |
| 2012–13 | HEERENVEEN 8th 1000m DQ 1500m 9th 5000m | HEERENVEEN 26th 500m DNS 5000m DNS 1500m DNS 10000m NC overall | | HAMAR 6th 500m 6th 5000m 9th 1500m DNQ 10000m 9th overall | SOCHI 14th 1500m Team pursuit | | 9th 1500m Team pursuit 27th GWC | | |
| 2013–14 | HEERENVEEN 1000m 1500m 5th 5000m | AMSTERDAM 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | HAMAR 4th 500m 4th 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | HEERENVEEN 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | | SOCHI 6th 1000m 1500m Team pursuit | 5th 1000m 1500m 24th 5km/10km Team pursuit GWC | | |
| 2014–15 | HEERENVEEN 1000m HEERENVEEN 1500m 6th 5000m | HEERENVEEN 500m 6th 5000m 1500m 6th 10000m overall | CHELYABINSK 500m 4th 5000m 1500m 5th 10000m overall | CALGARY DNF 500m WDR 5000m DNS 1500m DNS 10000m NC overall | HEERENVEEN 1500m Team pursuit | | 16th 1000m 11th 1500m 24th 5km/10km 42nd Mass start 32nd GWC | | |
| 2017–18 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2016–17 | HEERENVEEN 4th 1000m 4th 1500m | HEERENVEEN 500m 9th 5000m DNS 1500m DNS 10000m NC overall | | | | | | | |
| 2017–18 | HEERENVEEN 1000m 1500m | | | | | GANGNEUNG 9th 1000m 11th 1500m Mass start Team pursuit | 11th 1000m 4th 1500m Team pursuit | | |
| 2018–19 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2019–20 | HEERENVEEN 5th 1000m 1500m Mass start | | | | | | 43rd 1000m 24th 1500m | | |
| 2020–21 | | HEERENVEEN 500m 12th 5000m 1500m 7th 10000m 5th overall | | | | | | | |
Source:

## World Cup overview

| Season | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter | 1000 meter |
| 2009–2010 | | | | | | | |
| 2010–2011 | | | | | | | |
| 2011–2012 | | | | | | | |
| 2012–2013 | | | | | | | |
| 2013–2014 | 4th | 9th | 8th | – | 4th | 5th | |
| 2014–2015 | 6th | 7th | 13th | – | – | – | |
| 2017–2018 | 6th | – | – | | 6th | – | – |
| 2019–2020 | – | – | – | 4th(b) | – | | |
| Season | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter |
| 2009–2010 | | | | | | |
| 2010–2011 | – | – | 3rd(b) | – | – | – |
| 2011–2012 | – | – | – | 1st(b) | 9th | |
| 2012–2013 | 10th | | 12th | 4th | 11th | 13th |
| 2013–2014 | | | | – | | |
| 2014–2015 | | 5th | 9th | – | – | – |
| 2017–2018 | | | | | | |
| 2019–2020 | 1st(b) | – | – | 1st(b) | – | |
| Season | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter |
| 2009–2010 | 7th | 11th | – | – | – | – |
| 2010–2011 | | | | | | |
| 2011–2012 | – | – | – | 2nd(b) | – | – |
| 2012–2013 | | | | | | |
| 2013–2014 | 5th | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014–2015 | 6th | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017–2018 | | | | | | |
| 2019–2020 | | | | | | |
| Season | Team pursuit | Team pursuit | Team pursuit | Team pursuit |
| 2009–2010 | | – | – | – |
| 2010–2011 | | 5th | – | – |
| 2011–2012 | – | – | 11th | |
| 2012–2013 | | | | |
| 2013–2014 | | | – | – |
| 2014–2015 | | | | |
| 2017–2018 | 10th | | – | – |
| 2019–2020 | | | | |
| Season | Mass start | Mass start | Mass start | Mass start |
| 2009–2010 | | | | |
| 2010–2011 | | | | |
| 2011–2012 | | | | |
| 2012–2013 | | | | |
| 2013–2014 | | | | |
| 2014–2015 | – | 21st | – | – |
| 2017–2018 | | | | |
| 2019–2020 | | | | |
Source:
* – = Did not participate
* (b) = Division B
* DNS = Did not start
* DNQ = Did not qualify
* DQ = Disqualified
* NC = No classification

## Medals won

| Championship | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Olympic Games | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dutch Single Distances | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Dutch Allround | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| European Allround | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| World Single Distances | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| World Allround | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| World Cup | 14 | 3 | 7 |
| World Junior | 8 | 3 | 4 |