Koen Verweij

Koen Verweij ([kun vɛrˈʋɛi]; born 26 August 1990) is a 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.

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.

Personal records

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

World Records

* together with Sven Kramer and Jan Blokhuijsen

Season	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
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	Team pursuit
2009–2010		–	–	–
2010–2011		5th	–	–
2011–2012	–	–	11th
2012–2013
2013–2014			–	–
2014–2015
2017–2018	10th		–	–
2019–2020

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