Kai Verbij (born 25 September 1994) is a Dutch speed skater who is specialized in the sprint distances. His mother is Japanese, while his father is Dutch.

Kai Verbij
Verbij in 2016
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 30)
Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Event1000 m
ClubTeam Jumbo-Visma

Career

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Together with Ronald Mulder and Stefan Groothuis, Verbij won the team sprint event at the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup event in Calgary on 14 November 2015.[1] In January 2016 he won the title at the KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships.

Records

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Personal records

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Personal records[2]
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 meter 34.13 9 December 2017 Salt Lake City
1000 meter 1:06.34 9 March 2019 Salt Lake City
1500 meter 1:45.41 22 March 2015 Calgary
3000 meter 3:53.70 9 December 2012 Inzell
5000 meter 6:56.25 18 December 2011 Inzell

World records

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Nr. Event Points total Date Location Notes
1. World Sprint Championship 136.065 25–26 February 2017 Calgary Current world record

Tournament overview

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Season
Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances
Dutch
Championships
Sprint
Dutch
Championships
Allround
European
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Single
Distances
Olympic
Games
World
Cup
GWC
World
Championships
Junior
European
Championships
Single
Distances

2011–12
HEERENVEEN

21st 500m
20th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

12th 500m
12th 1000m
13th 500m
13th 1000m
12th overall
OBIHIRO

  500m
16th 3000m
  1500m
18th 5000m
8th overall

10th 1000m
5th 1500m
17th 5000m
  team pursuit

2012–13
HEERENVEEN

14th 500m
18th 1000m
12th 1500m
GRONINGEN

15th 500m
13th 1000m
17th 500m
11th 1000m
13th overall
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
22nd 5000m
9th 1500m
DNQ 10000m
15th overall
COLLALBO

5th 500m
  1000m
4th 1500m
6th team pursuit

2013–14
HEERENVEEN

15th 500m
12th 1000m
14th 1500m
BJUGN

  500m
  1000m
  1500m
4th team pursuit
2014–15
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m
5th 1000m
7th 1500m
GRONINGEN

8th 500m
8th 1000m
11th 500m
9th 1000m
6th overall
41st 500m
13th 1000m
34th 1500m

2015–16
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
SEOUL

  500m
6th 1000m
6th 500m
4th 1000m
  overall
KOLOMNO

23rd 500m
7th 1000m

7th 500m
4th 1000m

2016–17
HEERENVEEN

5th 500m
  1000m
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
CALGARY

9th 500m
  1000m
4th 500m
9th 1000m
  overall
GANGNEUNG

  1000m

4th 500m
  1000m

2017–18
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
CHANGCHUN

7th 500m
  1000m
11th 500m
  1000m
  overall
GANGNEUNG

9th 500m
6th 1000m

7th 500m
  1000m

2018–19
HEERENVEEN

5th 500m
  1000m
COLLALBO

  500m
  1000m
  500m
  1000m
  overall
HEERENVEEN

  500m
10th 1000m
  500m
6th 1000m
5th overall
INZELL

  team sprint
  1000m

13th 500m
  1000m

2019–20
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
HAMAR

9th 500m
8th 1000m
5th 500m
5th 1000m
4th overall
SALT LAKE CITY

10th 500m
6th 1000m
  team sprint

12th 500m
  1000m
  team sprint
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
  1000m

2020–21
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
4th 1000m
4th 500m
  1000m
  overall
HEERENVEEN

DNF 500m
  1000m
  500m
DNQ 1000m
NC overall
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
  1000m

25th 500m
  1000m

2021–22
HEERENVEEN

  500m
  1000m
HAMAR

4th 500m
4th 1000m
6th 500m
  1000m
  overall
  team sprint
BEIJING

14th 500m
30th 1000m

17th 500m
5th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
  1000m

2022–23
HEERENVEEN

  500m
5th 1000m
5th 500m
7th 1000m
  overall
HAMAR

4th 500m
4th 1000m
  500m
4th 1000m
4th overall

47th 500m
41st 1000m

Source:[3][4][5]

World Cup overview

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Season 500 meter
2014–2015 6th(b) 6th(b)
2015–2016 14th 12th 4th 16th 14th   5th 7th   4th 8th 8th
2016–2017   16th 4th 20th 15th 10th 11th     4th
2017–2018   4th 4th 12th 9th 6th   5th 6th
2018–2019 12th 4th 15th 4th 4th 10th DNS 4th
2019–2020 5th 8th 14th 15th 9th DQ 9th
2020–2021 DNF 2nd(b) 7th
2021–2022 8th 7th 8th 16th 11th 9th 7th
2022–2023 9th(b)
Season 1000 meter
2014–2015 12th 4th 10th 12th
2015–2016 7th 6th   7th 5th  
2016–2017 5th 18th DNS 4th     11th
2017–2018       4th  
2018–2019 5th        
2019–2020 5th     8th  
2020–2021    
2021–2022 7th   5th 5th
2022–2023 7th
Season 1500 meter
2014–2015 2nd(b)
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023
Season Team sprint
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020    
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023

References

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  1. ^ Michael Pavitt (14 November 2015). "Richardson-Bergsma breaks world record to beat team-mate Bowe to World Cup Speed Skating gold in Canada". Inside The Games.
  2. ^ "Kai Verbij". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Kai Verbij". SpeedSkatingNews.
  4. ^ "Kai Verbij". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Kai Verbij". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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