Merijn Scheperkamp
Netherlands
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| NOC | Netherlands | |
| Born | 06 Mar 2000
in  Hilversum | |
| Gender | Men |
| Residence | Heerenveen, NED | |
| Occupation | Athlete, Student | |
| Languages | Dutch, English | |
| Higher education | Biomedical Science - Van Hall Larenstein [VHL] University of Applied Sciences: Leeuwarden, NED |
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/merijn.scheperkamp |
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 Schaats en Inlineskate Vereniging Zeist club in the Netherlands. | |
| Reason for choosing this sport | "My parents were good skaters. My sister is four years older and she started skating. I wanted that too." | |
| Club / Team | Team Jumbo-Visma [NED] / Schaats en Inlineskate Vereniging Zeist [NED]: |
General Interest
General Interest
| Ambitions | To win gold at the Olympic Winter Games. (gooieneembode.nl, 10 May 2020) | |
| 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) |
| 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 | |||
| 2021/2022 | European Single Distances Championships | 500m | 2 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Sprint Championships | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | 500m | 12 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2021/2022 | World Cup | 500m | 9 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup | 1000m | 13 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup | 500m | 34 | |||