Merijn Scheperkamp

Merijn Scheperkamp (born 6 March 2000) is a Dutch speed skater who specializes in the sprint distances.

Merijn Scheperkamp

Scheperkamp at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Born	(2000-03-06) 6 March 2000 (age 25) Hilversum, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Club	Team Jumbo-Visma
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing the  Netherlands World Single Distances Championships 2023 Heerenveen Team sprint World Sprint Championships 2022 Hamar Team sprint European Championships 2022 Heerenveen Team sprint 2023 Hamar Sprint 2022 Heerenveen 500 m 2025 Heerenveen Sprint

Career

Scheperkamp won the bronze medal at inline skating at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. He made his ISU Speed Skating World Cup debut in October 2021 at the Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki in Poland where he finished ninth in the first heat.^[1]

He qualified for the 500m at the 2022 Winter Olympics by winning the Dutch Olympic qualifying event.

Scheperkamp is part of the junior team of Team Jumbo-Visma.

Personal records

Personal records[2]
Speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	34.41	2 February 2025	Pettit National Ice Center, Milwaukee
1000 m	1:07.46	5 December 2021	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m	1:46.18	30 December 2021	Thialf, Heerenveen
3000 m	3:49.38	20 February 2021	Thialf, Heerenveen
5000 m	7:03.84	3 February 2019	Kardinge, Groningen

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Sprint	European Championships Single Distances	Olympic Games	World Cup GWC	European Championships Sprint	World Championships Single Distances	World Championships Junior
2018–19								BASELGA di PINÈ 7th 500m 15th 1500m 11th 1000m DNQ 5000m 21st overall
2019–20	HEERENVEEN 15th 500m 11th 1000m 9th 1500m	HEERENVEEN 9th 500m 6th 1000m 10th 500m 7th 1000m 5th overall
2020–21	HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 11th 1000m 11th 1500m	HEERENVEEN 8th 500m 7th 1000m 7th 500m 11th 1000m 5th overall			34th 500m
2021–22	HEERENVEEN DQ 500m–1 2nd 500m–2 5th 1000m		HEERENVEEN 500m team sprint	BEIJING 12th 500m
2022–23	HEERENVEEN 500m–1 500m–2 5th 1000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 6th 1000m 500m 5th 1000m overall			7th 500m 46th 1000m	HAMAR 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	HEERENVEEN 5th 500m team sprint

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Medals won

Championship	Gold	Silver	Bronze
European Single Distances	1	1	0