Roline Repelaer van Driel

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Roline Repelaer van Driel
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Personal information
Born (1984-07-28) 28 July 1984 (age 41)
Amsterdam
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Beijing Eight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London Eight
European Rowing Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Montemor-o-Velho Eight

Roline Repelaer van Driel (born 28 July 1984 in Amsterdam) is a rower from the Netherlands. [1] She started rowing as a student, at U.S.R. "Triton" rowing club in Utrecht.

Repelaer van Driel took part in the World Championships of 2006 in the fours finishing fifth in Eton. A year later at the World Championships in Munich she was part of the eights and became 7th. [1] That same year they won the World Rowing Cup event in Amsterdam and became third in both Lucerne and Linz. [1]

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She qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with the Dutch eights forming a team with Femke Dekker, Annemiek de Haan, Nienke Kingma, Annemarieke van Rumpt, Sarah Siegelaar, Marlies Smulders, Helen Tanger and cox Ester Workel, and the team won the silver medal. [1] [2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics the Dutch women's eight team that van Driel was part of won the bronze medal. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Athlete biography: Roline Repelaer van Driel, beijing2008.cn, ret: 14 August 2008
  2. 1 2 "Roline Repelaer van Driel Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
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