Joep Wennemars
{{Short description|Dutch speed skater (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox speed skater
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| name = Joep Wennemars
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|10|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dalfsen, Netherlands
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| country = Netherlands
| club = Team Essent
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{{Medal|Sport|Men's speed skating}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{NED}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Single Distances Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2025 Hamar|1000 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Innsbruck|Overall}}
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Joep Wennemars (born 3 October 2002) is a Dutch speed skater who specializes in the sprint distances.
Wennemars is part of Team Essent.{{cite web |title=Joep Wennermars |url=https://www.teamjumbovisma.nl/team/joep-wennemars/ |website=Team Jumbo-Visma}}
Career
Wennemars won the 2022 World Junior Speed Skating Championships at the Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck in Austria. He made his ISU Speed Skating World Cup debut in November 2022 at the Sørmarka Arena in Stavanger, Norway where he finished seventh in the 500 m in Division B, resulting in a promotion to Division A.{{cite web |title=ISU World Cup #1 – 1st 500m Men Division B |url=https://live.isuresults.eu/events/2023_NOR_0001/competition/10/results |publisher=International Skating Union (ISU)}} At the second World Cup event, held at the Thialf in Heerenveen, he finished in second place in Division A behind Ning Zhongyan in a personal record of 1:08.08.{{cite web |title=ISU World Cup #2 – 1000m Men Division A |url=https://live.isuresults.eu/events/2023_NED_0001/competition/8/results |publisher=International Skating Union (ISU)}}
At the 2025 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships he won the 1000 m.
Personal records
{{PersonalRecordsTop|width=65|ref={{cite web|title=Joep Wennemars|url=https://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=35048|publisher=speedskatingresults.com|access-date=18 November 2022}}}}
{{PersonalRecordsSport|Speed skating}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m|34.76|28 December 2023|Thialf, Heerenveen|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1000 m|1:07.23|16 February 2025|Thialf, Heerenveen|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1500 m|1:45.07|15 February 2025|Thialf, Heerenveen|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|3000 m|3:48.59|18 December 2021|Thialf, Heerenveen|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|5000 m|6:44.59|2 October 2021|Max Aicher Arena, Inzell|}}
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References
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External links
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{{Footer World Single Distance Champions 1000m Speed Skating Men}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wennemars, Joep}}
Category:Dutch male speed skaters
Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen
Category:World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists