| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Born | 8 October 1995 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Event(s) | Eight |
Medal record | |
Aranka Kops (born 8 October 1995) is a Dutch rowing cox.
She steered the Dutch men's eight to their silver medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships. [1]
Alf John Hansen is a retired rower from Norway. Early in his career, he received two Norwegian sport awards shared with his brother Frank. Towards the end of his career in 1990, he was the inaugural recipient of the Thomas Keller Medal, the highest honour in rowing. His international rowing career spanned more than two decades.
Michiel Bernhard Emiel Marie Bartman is a former rower from the Netherlands, who won a total of three Olympic medals during his career. A member of the Nereus Rowing Club from Amsterdam, he won the gold medal in Atlanta with the Holland Acht, followed by silver in Sydney and silver (Eights) once again in Athens. He also won three medals at the World Championships, bronze in the coxed four in 1994, silver with the Holland Acht in 1995 and silver in the Quadruple Sculls in 2001. Notably the Netherlands eight set the world record in the men's eight in Atlanta that stood until 2002. Bartman's earned notoriety within the international rowing community as a fierce competitor with a rare ability to time his best performances for the Olympic Games.
Nicolaas "Nico" Hessel Rienks is a former rower from the Netherlands and two-time Olympic gold medallist.
A.R.S.R. "Skadi", is a Dutch student rowing club located in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Eric Franciscus Maria Verdonk was a New Zealand rower who won bronze medals in the single sculls events at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1986 Commonwealth Games, and 1990 World Rowing Championships.
Mechiel Versluis is a Dutch rower. He finished 5th in the coxless four at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he was part of the men's eight team that won a bronze medal. He won a medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.
Spencer A. Turrin is an Australian national champion, twice world champion and Olympic representative rower. He competed and won medals in the Australian senior men's coxless four at every World Rowing Championship from 2013 to 2018, culminating in consecutive world championship gold at Sarasota 2017 and 2018 Plovdiv. He has been selected as a 2021 Tokyo Olympian and is expected to row in the Australian men's coxless four.
Tone Wieten is a Dutch representative rower. He is a European champion, an Olympian and is the reigning world champion in the men's quad scull won at the 2019 World Rowing Championships. He won a bronze medal in the Dutch eight at the 2015 World Rowing Championships. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he was in the Dutch men's eight which won a bronze medal.
Dirk Uittenbogaard is a Dutch representative rower. He is a European champion, an Olympic bronze medallist and is the reigning world champion in the men's quad scull won at the 2019 World Rowing Championships. He won a bronze medal in the eight at the 2015 World Rowing Championships and competed in the men's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, winning a bronze medal.
Molly Goodman is an Australian rower. She is a national champion, a 2016 Olympian and a world champion winning the 2017 world title in a coxless four. She stroked the Australian eight to victory in the Remenham Challenge Cup at the 2018 Henley Royal Regatta. She has been selected as a 2021 Tokyo Olympian and is expected to stroke the Australian women's eight.
Lucy Stephan is an Australian rower. She is a seven-time consecutive Australian champion, a 2016 Olympian and a world champion winning the 2017 world title in a coxless four. She regained the coxless four world championship title in 2019. She won the Remenham Challenge Cup at the 2018 Henley Royal Regatta in the bow seat of the Australian women's eight. She has been selected as a 2021 Tokyo Olympian and is expected to stroke the Australian coxless four.
Willem-Alexander Baan is an artificial lake in the Dutch village of Zevenhuizen near Rotterdam. It has been used as a rowing regatta venue since 2012 and hosted the 2016 World Rowing Championships.
Katrina Werry is an Australian national and world champion rower. At the 2017 World Rowing Championships, she became world champion in the women's coxless four with Lucy Stephan, Sarah Hawe, and Molly Goodman. She regained that coxless four world championship title in 2019. She won the Remenham Challenge Cup at the 2018 Henley Royal Regatta in the Australian women's eight. She has been selected as a 2021 Tokyo Olympian and is expected to row in the Australian women's eight.
Sarah Hawe is an Australian rower. She is an Australian national champion and a current world champion winning the 2019 and 2017 world titles in the coxless four. She was a winner of the Remenham Challenge Cup at the 2018 Henley Royal Regatta in the Australian women's eight. She has been selected as a 2021 Tokyo Olympian and is expected to row in the Australian women's eight.
Arnoud Greidanus is a Dutch lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 2007 World Rowing Championships in Munich with the lightweight men's eight. In 2012 he won a silver medal at the 2012 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv with the lightweight men's pair, together with Joris Pijs.
The Netherlands is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Dutch athletes had competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
The 2019 World Rowing Championships were held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019. Apart from Ottensheim, the right to host the championships was contested by Hamburg in Germany, Račice in the Czech Republic, and Varese in Italy.
Abe Wiersma is a Dutch representative rower. He is the reigning world champion in the men's quad scull won at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.
Koen Metsemakers is a Dutch representative rower. He is the reigning world champion in the men's quad scull won at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.
Lize Kop is a Dutch football goalkeeper who plays for Ajax, and for the Dutch national team.
