Merijn Scheperkamp
Netherlands
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| NOC | Netherlands | |
| Born | 06 Mar 2000
in  Hilversum | |
| Gender | Men |
| Higher education | Biomedical Science - Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences: Leeuwarden, NED | |
| Occupation | Athlete, Student | |
| Languages | Dutch, English | |
| Residence | Heerenveen, NED |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 34.43 | 17 Dec 2022 |  Calgary |
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| 1000m | 1:07.46 | 05 Dec 2021 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1500m | 1:46.18 | 30 Dec 2021 | Heerenveen |
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| 5000m | 7:03.84 | 03 Feb 2019 | Groningen |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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World Junior Championships
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| Mass Start 10 Laps | 1 | |||||
| Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 1 | |||||
| Team Sprint | 1 | |||||
| World Single Distances Championships | Event | |||||
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World Single Distances Championships
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| Team Sprint | 1 | |||||
| World Sprint Championships | Event | |||||
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World Sprint Championships
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| Team Sprint | 1 | |||||
| European Single Distances Championships | Event | |||||
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European Single Distances Championships
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| 500m | 1 | |||||
| Team Sprint | 1 | |||||
| European Sprint Championships | Event | |||||
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European Sprint Championships
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| Overall | 1 | |||||
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Team Jumbo-Visma [NED] / SIV Zeist [NED]: |
General Interest
General Interest
| Other sports | He has represented the Netherlands in roller speed skating, and won a silver medal at the 2019 European Championships in Pamplona, Spain. (SportsDeskOnline, 10 Nov 2021; schaatsen.nl, 02 Feb 2019) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | "My parents were good skaters. My sister is four years older and she started skating. I wanted that too." |
General Interest
General Interest
| Ambitions | To win gold at the Olympic Winter Games. (gooieneembode.nl, 10 May 2020) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Jac Orie [Jumbo-Visma], NED | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up ice skating and inline skating at the Zeist Skating and Inline Skating Association in the Netherlands. |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/merijn.scheperkamp |
General Interest
General Interest
| Injuries | He sustained a groin injury during training in October 2022. (schaatsen.nl, 28 Oct 2022) | |
| Famous relatives | His father Marcel Scheperkamp competed in speed skating, including at the 1979 World Junior Championships in Grenoble, France. (knsb.nl, 16 Sep 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 14 Nov 2022) | |
| Nicknames | Frenkie (nos.nl, 28 Dec 2021) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2021/2022 | European Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 1 | |||
| 2022/2023 | European Sprint Championships | Overall | 1 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 2 | |||
| 2021/2022 | European Single Distances Championships | 500m | 2 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Sprint Championships | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 5 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | 500m | 12 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2022/2023 | Heerenveen | Team Sprint | 2 | |||
| 2022/2023 | Calgary, AB | Team Sprint | 2 | |||
| 2022/2023 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2022/2023 | Heerenveen | 500m | 3 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 7 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 9 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 13 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 34 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 46 | |||