Kai VERBIJ

Netherlands
Speed Skating
25 Sep 1994
27
Male
1.84/6'0''
LEIDERDORP
 
Netherlands
HEERENVEEN
 
Netherlands

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SSK Speed Skating Men's 500m 14
Men's 1000m 30

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
National Speed Skating Oval
Men's 500m
Finished
National Speed Skating Oval
Men's 1000m
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
6Men's 1000m2018PyeongChang, KOR
9Men's 500m2018PyeongChang, KOR
European Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's Sprint2019Collalbo, ITA
1Men's Sprint2017Heerenveen, NED
3Men's 1000m2020Heerenveen, NED
6Men's 500m2020Heerenveen, NED
19Men's Sprint2021Heerenveen, NED
World Single Distance Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's 1000m2021Heerenveen, NED
1Men's Team Sprint2020Salt Lake City, UT, USA
1Men's 1000m2019Inzell, GER
1Men's Team Sprint2019Inzell, GER
3Men's 1000m2018Gangneung, KOR
4Men's 500m2021Heerenveen, NED
4Men's Sprint2020Hamar, NOR
6Men's 1000m2020Salt Lake City, UT, USA
7Men's 1000m2016Kolomna, RUS
10Men's 500m2020Salt Lake City, UT, USA
23Men's 500m2016Kolomna, RUS
World Sprint Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's Sprint2017Calgary, AB, CAN
3Men's Sprint2018Changchun, CHN
3Men's Sprint2016Seoul, KOR
5Men's Sprint2019Heerenveen, NED
World Cup
SeasonMen's 500mMen's 1000mMen's 1500mMen's Team Sprint
2020/21251
2019/20122
2018/191321
2017/1873
2016/1743
2015/1674
2014/15411334
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The Assassin

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Movies, computers, making music (plays piano)

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Athlete

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Sister, Mai (radio journalist). Younger brothers, Dan and Len (twins).

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Dutch, Japanese, English

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Team Jumbo-Visma

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Club: Jac Orie (NED)

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2014 World Cup in Obihiro (500m B - 6th, 1000m A - 12th)

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December 2017: Muscle injury during the Olympic trials, caused him to miss the remainder of the tournament and put his Olympic qualification in doubt.

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2014

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Began speed skating in 2008 in Leiden.

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His parents introduced him to the sport. (Info 2018)

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Win gold at the Olympic Winter Games. (Info 2018)

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Winning overall gold at the 2017 World Sprint Championships in Calgary. (Info 2018)

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Footballer Keisuke Honda (JPN), Beijing 2008 Olympian, three World Cup appearances and 2013 Best Footballer in Asia.

Footballer Lionel Messi (ARG), Beijing 2008 Olympic gold medallist, 2014 World Cup runner-up, seven-time Ballon d'Or winner, and four Champions League and 10 La Liga titles with FC Barcelona. (Info 2018)

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His mother. (isu.org, 2021)

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"Little work, big achievements." (Info 2018)

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Ard Schenk Award (2019) - for Dutch skater of the year

General Interest

TEAM SWITCH
In 2020, he unexpectedly switched commercial teams. After Kjeld Nuis (NED) joined Verbij's team Reggeborgh, a spot opened up in Nuis' former team Jumbo-Visma. Encouraged by his friend Thomas Krol (NED), who bombarded him with requests to join him at Jumbo-Visma, Verbij eventually made the switch. "I thought about it long and hard. Eventually, I thought, if I don't do this now, I'll regret it later. I don't want to look back at this time in two years and think, 'I really should have made the switch.'" (nu.nl, 15 May 2020)

HERITAGE
Born in the Netherlands to a Dutch father and Japanese mother, he remains in touch with his Japanese heritage. He made his World Cup debut in Obihiro, with his maternal grandparents on the stands. He has Japanese followers and regularly communicates in Japanese on his social media channels. (Schaatsseizoen 48, 2020)

SINGING SISTER
As a seventeen-year-old, his sister Mai was scouted by a Japanese record company to sing for a pop group and was brought to Japan two years later. A combination of homesickness and culture clash eventually saw her collapse during an audition, and she returned to the Netherlands. (ad.nl, 17 May 2020)

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