Kai Verbij

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
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 30) Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Event	1000 m
Club	Team Jumbo-Visma
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing the  Netherlands World Sprint Championships 2017 Calgary Sprint 2022 Hamar Sprint 2016 Seoul Sprint 2018 Changchun Sprint 2022 Hamar team sprint World Single Distance Championships 2019 Inzell 1000 m 2019 Inzell team sprint 2020 Salt Lake City team sprint 2021 Heerenveen 1000 m 2017 Gangneung 1000 m European Championships 2017 Heerenveen Sprint 2019 Collalbo Sprint 2022 Heerenveen team sprint 2020 Heerenveen 1000 m 2022 Heerenveen 1000 m

Career

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

Personal records

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

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

Tournament overview

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

	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

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.

External links

• Kai Verbij at the International Skating Union
• Kai Verbij at Olympedia (archive)
• Kai Verbij at Olympics.com
• Kai Verbij at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)