Bas Verwijlen

Bas Verwijlen
Bas Verwijlen in 2012
Personal information
Born	(1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 (age 40) Oss, Netherlands
Height	1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Website	http://www.basverwijlen.com/
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	épée
Hand	right-handed
Club	SC Den Bosch
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record World Championships 2011 Catania Épée 2005 Leipzig Épée European Championships 2011 Sheffield Épée

Bas Verwijlen (born 1 October 1983 in Oss) is a Dutch right-handed épée fencer and four-time Olympian.^[1][2]

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.^[2] Until he was twelve years old, he fenced in two different weapons, but he has since chosen to focus on the épée.^[2] He became part of the Dutch national team and took part in the Universiade (17th in Beijing, 2001), Youth Olympics, Dutch national championships, but also European and World Championships.^[2] As a junior, he won eleven national titles, he became third at the World Championships under-16 in the United States and represented the Netherlands at every European and World Championship since 1998.^[2] He won two World Cups for Juniors, a performance never achieved by another fencer.^[2]

It was time for his senior career and also managed to achieve World class performances there. At the 2005 World Championships in Leipzig he won the bronze medal.^[2] At the European Championships 2005 in Zalaegerszeg he and his Dutch teammates came sixth in the nations tournament.^[2] He reached the final and became second at the 2006 European Championships in Izmir.^[2] After the Grand Prix meeting in Stockholm in 2008 he was secure of qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[2] In the preparations for this tournament he won the World Cup meeting in Cali, Colombia in June and he also won the Dutch national title.^[2] At the 2008 Summer Olympics he reached the last eight, losing to the eventual gold medalist, Matteo Tagliariol.^[3]

At the 2011 European Championships, he finished in 2nd place, a result he repeated at the 2011 World Championships.^[4] He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 13th place, despite a knee injury.^[3][4]

Medal Record

World Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2005	Leipzig, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[5]
2011	Catania, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[6]

European Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2011	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[7]

Grand Prix

Date	Location	Event	Position
03/28/2003	Bogotá, Colombia	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[8]
05/11/2007	Paris, France	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[9]
01/25/2008	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[10]
02/10/2012	Doha, Qatar	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[11]
12/04/2015	Doha, Qatar	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[12]

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
05/21/2005	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[13]
07/08/2005	Vancouver, Canada	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[14]
07/16/2005	Tehran, Iran	Individual Men's Épée	1st[15]
07/15/2006	Tehran, Iran	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[16]
01/12/2007	Kish Island, Iran	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[17]
02/02/2007	Legnano, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[18]
06/14/2008	Cali, Colombia	Individual Men's Épée	1st[19]
01/10/2009	Kish Island, Iran	Individual Men's Épée	1st[20]
02/14/2009	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[21]
03/26/2010	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[22]
06/26/2010	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[23]
03/04/2011	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[24]
02/21/2014	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[25]
10/23/2015	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	1st[26]
05/11/2018	Paris, France	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[27]
11/23/2018	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[28]
02/07/2020	Vancouver, Canada	Individual Men's Épée	1st[29]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bas Verwijlen.

• Bas Verwijlen at the International Fencing Federation
• Bas Verwijlen at the European Fencing Confederation
• Bas Verwijlen at Olympics.com
• Bas Verwijlen at Olympedia
• Bas Verwijlen at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)