Michiel van Ieperen was born in Nieuwegein, Utrecht on June 23, 1989, to a Dutch-born mother, Marry van Beuzekom, and a Dutch-born father, Kiek van Ieperen, an Olympic Skeet-shooter who was on the official Dutch Skeet-shooting team from 1973 till 1993, and still Dutch record-holder with six World Cup and Europe Cup-medals.