Tessa Appeldoorn

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Tessa Appeldoorn
Personal information
Born (1973-03-29) 29 March 1973 (age 50)
Utrecht
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Spouse Henk-Jan Zwolle
Sport
SportRowing
ClubViking, Utrecht
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney Eight
World Rowing Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Tampere Eight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Cologne Coxless four

Tessa Appeldoorn (later Zwolle-Appeldoorn, born 29 March 1973) is a Dutch Olympic rower.

Appeldoorn was born in Utrecht in 1973. [1] A silver medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Dutch women's eight, she was also in the women's eight in the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing sixth. Appeldoorn also won World Championship bronze in the women's eight in 1995 and the women's coxless four in 1998. [2]

She married fellow Dutch rower Henk-Jan Zwolle in October 1998.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tessa Appeldoorn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. "Tessa Zwolle-Appeldoorn". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 25 April 2018.