Bas Verwijlen (born 1 October 1983 in

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) is a Dutch right-handed

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fencer and four-time Olympian.Biografie: Bas Verwijlen
basverwijlen.com, ret: Aug 07, 2008 He started fencing when he was five years old at fencing club Zaal Verwijlen in Oss, owned by his father Roel Verwijlen, who is also the Dutch national coach. Until he was twelve years old, he fenced in two different weapons, but he has since chosen to focus on the

. He became part of the Dutch national team and took part in the

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(17th in

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, 2001),

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, Dutch national championships, but also European and World Championships. As a junior, he won eleven national titles, he became third at the World Championships under-16 in the

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and represented the Netherlands at every European and World Championship since 1998. He won two World Cups for Juniors, a performance never achieved by another fencer. It was time for his senior career and also managed to achieve World class performances there. At the 2005 World Championships in

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he won the bronze medal. At the European Championships 2005 in

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he and his Dutch teammates came sixth in the nations tournament. He reached the final and became second at the 2006 European Championships in Izmir. After the Grand Prix meeting in

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in 2008 he was secure of qualification for the

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in Beijing. In the preparations for this tournament he won the World Cup meeting in

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in June and he also won the Dutch national title. At the

he reached the last eight, losing to the eventual gold medalist,

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. At the 2011 European Championships, he finished in 2nd place, a result he repeated at the 2011 World Championships. He qualified for the

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, finishing in 13th place, despite a knee injury.

Medal Record

World Championship

European Championship

Grand Prix

World Cup

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Verwijlen, Bas 1983 births Living people Dutch male épée fencers Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Oss European Games competitors for the Netherlands Fencers at the 2015 European Games Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Dutch people