Kai Verbij (born 25 September 1994) is a Dutch
speed skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...
who is specialized in the sprint distances. His mother is Japanese, while his father is Dutch.
Career
Together with
Ronald Mulder
Ronald Mulder (born 27 February 1986) is a Dutch speed skater. He won bronze in the men's 500 metres event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and finished sixth in the men's 500 metres event at the 2012 World Single Distance Champion ...
and
Stefan Groothuis
Stefan Groothuis (born 23 November 1981) is a Dutch retired speed skater. He is the World Sprint Champion for 2012 and the gold medal winner in the 1000 metres at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Career
Groothuis, a specialist in the middle distances ...
, Verbij won the
team sprint
The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome.
The current men's ...
event at the
2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup
The 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the ''ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2015–2016'', was a series of international speed skating competitions that ran the entire season. The season started on 13 November 2015 in Calgary, Calgary, ...
event in
Calgary
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on 14 November 2015. In January 2016 he won the title at the
KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships The Dutch Sprint Championships of speed skating, organised by the KNSB, is the official Dutch championship to determine the Dutch Sprint champion. The Sprint distance championships date back to 1969 for men and 1983 for women.
Men's sprint
Sourc ...
.
Records
Personal records
World records
Tournament overview
Source:
World Cup overview
References
External links
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1994 births
Living people
Dutch male speed skaters
Dutch people of Japanese descent
People from Leiderdorp
Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands
Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists
Sportspeople from South Holland