# Marcel Bosker

Marcel Bosker (born 19 January 1997) is a Dutch long track speed skater.
He won the allround bronze medal at the 2018 World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Amsterdam.

## 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

Personal records :
| Speed skating |||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
| 500 meter | 36.39 | 18 March 2017 | Calgary | |
| 1000 meter | 1:09.10 | 16 March 2017 | Calgary | |
| 1500 meter | 1:44.12 | 7 February 2020 | Calgary | |
| 3000 meter | 3:36.33 | 25 November 2017 | Calgary | |
| 5000 meter | 6:08.90 | 9 March 2019 | Salt Lake City | |
| 10000 meter | 12:59.25 | 1 November 2020 | Heerenveen | |
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

### World record

| Nr. | Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
| 1. | Team pursuit | 3:34.68 | 15 February 2020 | Salt Lake City | With Sven Kramer and Douwe de Vries |

## 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 | HEERENVEEN 15th 1500m | HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 16th 5000m 15th 1500m DNQ 10000m 17th overall | | | | WARSAW 23rd 500m 5th 1500m 12th 1000m 4th 5000m overall mass start | | | |
| 2015–16 | HEERENVEEN DNF 1500m 14th 5000m 15th mass start | HEERENVEEN 8th 500m 9th 5000m 4th 1500m 8th 10000m 7th overall | | | | CHANGCHUN 30th 500m 1500m 13th 1000m 4th 5000m overall 24th mass start 4th team pursuit | | | |
| 2016–17 | HEERENVEEN 21st 1000m 8th 1500m 6th 5000m 12th 10000m 17th mass start | HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 5000m 1500m 4th 10000m overall | | 29th 1500m 25th 5000/10000m 82nd GWC | | | | | |
| 2017–18 | HEERENVEEN 5th 1500m 8th 5000m 9th 10000m | HEERENVEEN 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | AMSTERDAM 12th 500m 5000m 7th 1500m 10000m overall | 11th 1500m 11th 5000/10000m 23rd GWC | | | KOLOMNA 4th 1500m 5000m team pursuit | | |
| 2018–19 | HEERENVEEN 7th 1500m 5th 5000m NC 10000m | HEERENVEEN 5th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | | 16th 1500m 5000/10000m 4th team pursuit 33rd GWC | INZELL team pursuit | | | | |
| 2019–20 | HEERENVEEN 6th 1500m 4th 5000m DNF 10000m 4th mass start | HEERENVEEN 5th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | | 7th 1500m 12th 5000/10000m 5th team pursuit 24th GWC | SALT LAKE CITY team pursuit | | HEERENVEEN team pursuit | | |
| 2020–21 | HEERENVEEN 7th 1500m 5000m 10000m | HEERENVEEN 5th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | | 13th 5000m team pursuit | HEERENVEEN team pursuit | | | HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 5000m 4h 1500m 4th 10000m overall | |
| 2021–22 | HEERENVEEN 7th 1500m 4th 5000m 4th 10000m 25th mass start | HEERENVEEN 5th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | HAMAR 13th 500m 7th 5000m 5th 1500m DNS 10000m NC10 overall | 37th 1500m 11th 5000/10000m 4th team pursuit | | | HEERENVEEN team pursuit 17th mass start | | BEIJGING 9th 1500m 4th team pursuit |
| 2022–23 | HEERENVEEN 5th 1500m 5000m DQ mass start | HEERENVEEN 5th 500m 4th 5000m 1500m 4th 10000m overall | | 36th 1500m 15th 5000/10000m team pursuit | HEERENVEEN 5th 5000m team pursuit | | | HAMAR 6th 500m 6th 5000m 5th 1500m 7th 10000m 7th overall | |
Source:

## World Cup overview

| Season | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter |
| 2016–2017 | – | – | – | – | 1st(b) | – |
| 2017–2018 | 14th | 14th | 5th(b) | 3rd(b) | | 8th |
| 2018–2019 | – | 2nd(b) | 11th | 3rd(b) | 4th | – |
| 2019–2020 | 8th | 14th | 7th | 5th | 6th | |
| 2020–2021 | | | | | | |
| 2021–2022 | – | – | – | 14th | – | |
| 2022–2023 | – | – | 10th(b) | – | 2nd(b) | |
| Season | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter |
| 2016–2017 | – | – | – | – | 1st(b) | — |
| 2017–2018 | – | – | – | 2nd(b) | 8th | |
| 2018–2019 | | 12th | * | 9th | 4th | |
| 2019–2020 | 1st(b) | 4th | 12th* | – | 4th(b) | 7th |
| 2020–2021 | | 9th | | | | |
| 2021–2022 | 3rd(b) | 7th*(b) | DNF(b) | 1st(b) | 8th | |
| 2022–2023 | 4th | 8th | 9th | – | 6th | – |
| Season | Team pursuit | Team pursuit | Team pursuit | Team pursuit |
| 2016–2017 | | | | |
| 2017–2018 | – | | 10th | – |
| 2018–2019 | | | – | |
| 2019–2020 | | – | – | |
| 2020–2021 | – | 4th | | |
| 2021–2022 | | 6th | 7th | |
| 2022–2023 | | – | | |
Source:
    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 |
| Dutch Single distances | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dutch Allround | 4 | 11 | 5 |
| World Allround | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| World Single Distances | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| European Single Distances | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| European Allround | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| World Cup | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| World Junior | 0 | 1 | 3 |