 Conijn in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 October 2001 Amsterdam, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Merel Conijn (born 19 October 2001) is a Dutch allround speed skater.
Conijn won the Dutch Junior Allround Championships in 2019. She won the gold medal in the team pursuit event at the 2020 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Tomaszów Mazowiecki together with Robin Groot and Femke Kok. Conijn won the 2022 Dutch Allround Championships which qualified her for the 2022 World Allround Championships in Hamar. [1]
In 2021 she became a member of Team Worldstream-Corendon. [2]
| Personal records [3] | ||||
| Speed skating | ||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | 39.45 | 22 January 2022 | Heerenveen | |
| 1000 m | 1:18.17 | 9 October 2021 | Inzell | |
| 1500 m | 1:56.24 | 6 March 2022 | Hamar | |
| 3000 m | 3:59.21 | 27 December 2021 | Heerenveen | |
| 5000 m | 6:52.92 | 10 November 2024 | Heerenveen | |
At the end of the 2021–22 season, Conijn occupied the 33rd position on the Adelskalender with a score of 159.311 points [4]
Season | Dutch Championships Single Distances | Dutch Championships Allround | European Championships Single Distances | European Championships Allround | World Championships Single Distances | World Championships Allround | World Championships Sprint | World Cup | Dutch Championships Junior Allround | World Championships Junior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019–20 | Junior WC  3000m  Team Pursuit | ENSCHEDE Junior A 4th 500m 1500m 7th 1000m 3000m overall | TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI 1500m 3000m Mass start  Team pursuit | |||||||
2020–21 | HEERENVEEN 7th 3000m 6th 5000m | HEERENVEEN 9th 500m 17th 3000m 8th 1500m DNS 5000m NC11 overall | ||||||||
2021–22 | HEERENVEEN 17th 1500m 7th 3000m 6th 5000m 11th Mass start | HEERENVEEN 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall | HAMAR 11th 500m 6th 3000m 4th 1500m 6th 5000m 6th overall |
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