Bas Verwijlen

Bas Verwijlen

Bas Verwijlen in 2012
Personal information
Born	(1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 Oss, Netherlands
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Fencing career
Sport	Fencing
Country	Netherlands
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) is a Dutch right-handed épée fencer and four-time Olympian.¹²

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. Until he was twelve years old, he fenced in two different weapons, but he has since chosen to focus on the épée. 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. 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. 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. At the European Championships 2005 in Zalaegerszeg he and his Dutch teammates came sixth in the nations tournament. He reached the final and became second at the 2006 European Championships in İzmir. After the Grand Prix meeting in Stockholm in 2008 he was secure of qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. 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.³⁴

Year	Location	Event	Position
2005	Leipzig, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	3rd5
2011	Catania, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	2nd6

Year	Location	Event	Position
2011	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Individual Men's Épée	2nd7

Date	Location	Event	Position
28 March 2003	Bogotá, Colombia	Individual Men's Épée	3rd8
5 November 2007	Paris, France	Individual Men's Épée	3rd9
25 January 2008	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Individual Men's Épée	3rd10
2 October 2012	Doha, Qatar	Individual Men's Épée	3rd11
12 April 2015	Doha, Qatar	Individual Men's Épée	3rd12

Date	Location	Event	Position
21 May 2005	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	3rd13
7 August 2005	Vancouver, Canada	Individual Men's Épée	2nd14
16 July 2005	Tehran, Iran	Individual Men's Épée	1st15
15 July 2006	Tehran, Iran	Individual Men's Épée	3rd16
1 December 2007	Kish Island, Iran	Individual Men's Épée	2nd17
2 February 2007	Legnano, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	3rd18
14 June 2008	Cali, Colombia	Individual Men's Épée	1st19
1 October 2009	Kish Island, Iran	Individual Men's Épée	1st20
14 February 2009	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	3rd21
26 March 2010	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	2nd22
26 June 2010	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Individual Men's Épée	2nd23
3 April 2011	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	3rd24
21 February 2014	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	2nd25
23 October 2015	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	1st26
5 November 2018	Paris, France	Individual Men's Épée	3rd27
23 November 2018	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	2nd28
2 July 2020	Vancouver, Canada	Individual Men's Épée	1st29