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.
![]() Verbij in 2016  | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Dutch | 
| Born | 25 September 1994 Leiderdorp, Netherlands  | 
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | 
| Sport | |
| Country | Netherlands | 
| Sport | Speed skating | 
| Event(s) | 1000 m | 
| Club | Team Jumbo-Visma | 
Medal record  | |
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   16th 3000m 18th 5000m 8th overall 10th 1000m 5th 1500m 17th 5000m  | |||||||
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 4th 1500m 6th team pursuit  | ||||||
2013–14  |  HEERENVEEN   15th 500m 12th 1000m 14th 1500m  |  BJUGN   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    |  HEERENVEEN   4th 500m  |  SEOUL   6th 1000m 6th 500m 4th 1000m  |  KOLOMNO   23rd 500m 7th 1000m  | 7th 500m 4th 1000m  | |||||
2016–17  |  HEERENVEEN   5th 500m  |  HEERENVEEN   4th 500m  |  CALGARY   9th 500m 4th 500m 9th 1000m  |  GANGNEUNG    | 4th 500m  | |||||
2017–18  |  HEERENVEEN    |  CHANGCHUN   7th 500m 11th 500m  |  GANGNEUNG   9th 500m 6th 1000m  | 7th 500m  | ||||||
2018–19  |  HEERENVEEN   5th 500m  |  COLLALBO    |  HEERENVEEN   10th 1000m 6th 1000m 5th overall  |  INZELL    | 13th 500m  | |||||
2019–20  |  HEERENVEEN    |  HAMAR   9th 500m 8th 1000m 5th 500m 5th 1000m 4th overall  |  SALT LAKE CITY   10th 500m 6th 1000m  | 12th 500m  |  HEERENVEEN   6th 500m  | |||||
2020–21  |  HEERENVEEN    |  HEERENVEEN   4th 500m 4th 1000m 4th 500m  |  HEERENVEEN   DNF 500m DNQ 1000m NC overall  |  HEERENVEEN   4th 500m  | 25th 500m  | |||||
2021–22  |  HEERENVEEN    |  HAMAR   4th 500m 4th 1000m 6th 500m  |  BEIJING  14th 500m 30th 1000m  | 17th 500m 5th 1000m  |  HEERENVEEN   4th 500m  | |||||
2022–23  |  HEERENVEEN   5th 1000m 5th 500m 7th 1000m  | HAMAR  4th 500m 4th 1000m 4th 1000m 4th overall  | 47th 500m 41st 1000m  | 
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
    
- 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.
 - "Kai Verbij". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
 - "Kai Verbij". SpeedSkatingNews.
 - "Kai Verbij". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
 - "Kai Verbij". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
 
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