Marcel BOSKER

Netherlands
Speed Skating
19 Jan 1997
25
Male
1.77/5'9''
SCHOFTLAND
 
Switzerland
 
Netherlands

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SSK Speed Skating Men's 1500m 9
Men's Team Pursuit
NED
Netherlands
 4

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
National Speed Skating Oval
Men's 1500m
Finished
National Speed Skating Oval
Men's Team Pursuit Quarterfinals
Finished
National Speed Skating Oval
Men's Team Pursuit Final B
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

European Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's Team Pursuit2022Heerenveen, NED
1Men's Team Pursuit2020Heerenveen, NED
2Men's Allround2021Heerenveen, NED
3Men's 5000m2018Kolomna, RUS
4Men's 1500m2018Kolomna, RUS
18Men's Mass Start2022Heerenveen, NED
World Single Distance Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's Team Pursuit2021Heerenveen, NED
1Men's Team Pursuit2020Salt Lake City, UT, USA
1Men's Team Pursuit2019Inzell, GER
World Allround Championships
RankEventYearLocation
3Men's Allround2018Amsterdam, NED
World Cup
SeasonMen's 1500mMen's Team PursuitMen's Long Distances
2020/21213
2019/20712
2018/19162
2017/181111
2016/172925
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Skiing.

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Athlete

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Partner, Melissa Wijfje (speed skater). Father, Ronald (speed skater). Mother, Henriet van der Meer (speed skater).

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Dutch, German, English

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Team Jumbo-Visma (NED)

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Team: Jac Orie (NED)

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Partner, Melissa Wijfje (Speed skating): Five-time junior world champion (2014-2015). Has medalled internationally as a team pursuit member, winning world silver (2020) and two European golds (2018, 2020). Failed to qualify for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.

Father, Ronald (Speed skating): Raced in Dutch national championships in the early 1990s. After a pause of a decade, returned, now skating for Switzerland. Raced several years in World Cups and competed in two European Championships (2004-05)

Mother, Henriet (Speed skating): Dutch allround champion in 1989. After a pause of a decade, returned, now skating for Switzerland. Raced two seasons of World Cups and qualified for the European Championships and World Single Distance Championships of 2004.

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2017 World Cup Berlin (1500m B-division - first)

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2019: Inflamed ankle and toe tendon.

2015: Foot operation.

2013: Broken ankle.

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2017

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Learned to skate at age three in Zurich (SUI). (isu.org, 2022)

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His parents went to train at the Zurich rink, and he always joined them. "I didn't want to sit along the track, and tried to skate myself. From the moment I could walk, I got skates." (schaatsen.nl, 3 Dec 2018)

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"During the 2010 Olympics, I saw Sven Kramer and Ireen Wust win gold. That's when I first realised I also wanted that. One day, I also want to be Olympic champion." (schaatsen.nl, 3 Dec 2018)

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Winning bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2018 in front of a large crowd at the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium.

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Martin Hangg (SUI), speed skater. (isu.org, 2022)

General Interest

OLYMPIC SELECTION
Although he did not individually qualify for any event at the Dutch Olympic Trials, Bosker was still picked for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. With only Patrick Roest and Sven Kramer qualified, the Dutch team pursuit - which have won the past eight world titles in the event - needed a third top racer. Bosker was elected by the federation, at the cost of his team mates Tijmen Snel and Dai Dai N'tab. Bosker also was appointed to race the 1500m individually - at the cost of another team mate, Patrick Roest. The appointment led to some hatred for Bosker on social media, but he was able to distance himself from it. "I think we have a better chance at gold in the team pursuit now", he said, shortly after winning the European title. (nu.nl, 8 Jan 2022)

SWITCHES
Also eligible to represent Switzerland, he has chosen to compete for the Netherlands (although he skated for Switzerland when still a teenager). To improve his skating skills, he moved to the Netherlands at age 14 and lived with a host family in Ten Boer. (gic.nl, 3 Jan 2022; isu.org, 2022)

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