VERWIJLEN Bas

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Epee Individual
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	18
2012	London, GBR	13
2008	Beijing, CHN	8

World Championships

Year	Location	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	7	21
2018	Wuxi, CHN	76	-
2017	Leipzig, GER	16	-
2015	Moscow, RUS	97	24
2014	Kazan, RUS	30	31
2013	Budapest, HUN	10	-
2012	Kiev, UKR	-	10
2011	Catania, ITA	2	23
2010	Paris, FRA	10	11
2009	Antalya, TUR	11	24
2007	St. Petersburg, RUS	21	19
2006	Turin, ITA	37	16
2005	Leipzig, GER	3	18
2003	Havana, CUB	106	19
2002	Lisbon, POR	72	12
2001	Nimes, FRA	55	13

European Championships

Year	Location	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2019	Dusseldorf, GER	8	9
2018	Novi Sad, SRB	34	-
2017	Tbilisi, GEO	15	-

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2020/2021	1 x 5th	-
2019/2020	1 x 1st, 1 x 23rd, 1 x 36th	2 x 22nd, 1 x 23rd
2018/2019	1 x 2nd, 1 x 38th, 1 x 39th	-
2017/2018	1 x 3rd, 1 x 23rd, 1 x 40th	1 x 26th
2016/2017	1 x 19th, 1 x 37th	-

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Epee Individual
2019/2020	1 x 5th, 1 x 19th
2018/2019	1 x 6th, 1 x 12th, 1 x 40th
2017/2018	1 x 14th, 1 x 28th

World Cup & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2016/2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2019/2020	Epee Individual	World Cup	Vancouver, BC, CAN
2	2018/2019	Epee Individual	World Cup	Bern, SUI
3	2017/2018	Epee Individual	World Cup	Paris, FRA
5	2020/2021	Epee Individual	World Cup	Kazan, RUS
5	2019/2020	Epee Individual	Grand Prix	Doha, QAT
6	2018/2019	Epee Individual	Grand Prix	Budapest, HUN
12	2018/2019	Epee Individual	Grand Prix	Doha, QAT
14	2017/2018	Epee Individual	Grand Prix	Budapest, HUN
19	2019/2020	Epee Individual	Grand Prix	Budapest, HUN
19	2016/2017	Epee Individual	World Cup	Paris, FRA

Ipe, Bassino (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

Athlete, Businessperson, Police Officer

Economics - Saxion University, Enschede, NED

Wife Ludovica, daughter Nina [2017], son Dani [2020]

Dutch, English, German

Schermclub Den Bosch [Netherlands]

Roel Verwijlen [personal, father], NED, from 2015; Alexandre Buysens [personal], FRA, from 2016; Justin Tausig [personal], USA

Right (gezondheidenco.nl, 28 Nov 2013)

His wife Ludovica Tucci has represented Italy in fencing, and finished third in individual epee at the Dutch championships in 2015 and 2016. His father Roel has served as a coach for the Dutch national fencing team. (SportsDeskOnline, 12 Jul 2018; Instagram profile, 29 Dec 2017; brabantsdagblad.nl, 15 Nov 2010)

He suffered a knee injury in mid-2015. (bd.nl, 02 May 2015)

He competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London with an injured ankle. (volkskrant.nl, 29 Dec 2012)

He has suffered from knee problems and broken ribs during his career. (vlaamseschermbond.be, 01 Dec 2008)

He began fencing at age five at his father's fencing club in Heesch, Netherlands. He learned both foil and epee until age 12, at which point he decided to focus solely on epee. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

His father Roel was a fencer, as well as the owner and coach of his first club. (basverwijlen.com, 30 Jan 2015)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (dtvnieuws.nl, 31 Mar 2021)

Qualifying for four consecutive editions of the Olympic Games between 2008 and 2020. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

His parents. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

"Focus on the next touch." (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

He was named Male Athlete of the Year in both 2005 and 2011 at the Sports Gala in Oss, Netherlands. (rksvmargriet.nl, 15 Jan 2014; knas.nl, 2005)