Merel Conijn

Merel Conijn
	2022
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	19 October 2001 (age 20); 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
World Junior Championships

Merel Conijn (born 19 October 2001) is a Dutch allround speed skater.

Career[]

Conijn won Dutch junior allround championships in 2019. She won the gold medal at the team pursuit at the 2020 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Tomaszów Mazowiecki 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]

Event	Result	Date	Location
Personal records^[3]
Speed skating
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	6:55.27	30 December 2021	Heerenveen

Conijn occupies the 32nd position on the Adelskalender with a score of 159.325 points^[4]

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Allround	World Championships Allround	Dutch Championships Junior Allround	World Championships Junior
2019–20				Junior A 4th 500m 1500m 7th 1000m 3000m overall	TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI 1500m 3000m Mass start Team pursuit
2020–21	7th 3000m 8th 5000m	9th 500m 17th 3000m 8th 1500m DNS 5000m NC11 overall
2021–22	17th 1500m 7th 3000m 6th 5000m 11th Mass start	500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall	HAMAR 6th 500m 4th 3000m 6th 1500m 11th 5000m 6th overall

^ "Dutch Allround Championships 2022". SpeedSkatingNews.info.
^ "Merel Conijn sluit zich aan bij Team Worldstream". Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). 15 March 2021.
^ "Merel Conijn". Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^ "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 23 January 2022.