Ymkje Clevering

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Ymkje Clevering
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Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1995-07-17) 17 July 1995 (age 29)
Haulerwijk, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
Sport Rowing
EventCoxless four
ClubA.G.S.R. Gyas
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Coxless pair
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Coxless four
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Belgrade Coxless pair
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Ottensheim Coxless four
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Račice Coxless pair
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Račice Eight
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lucerne Coxless four
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Poznań Coxless four
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Varese Coxless four
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Račice Eight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Bled Coxless pair
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Glasgow Eight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Oberschleißheim Coxless pair
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 OberschleißheimEight

Ymkje Clevering (born 17 July 1995) is a Dutch rower. She was a member of the Dutch coxless four, along with Ellen Hogerwerf, Karolien Florijn and Veronique Meester, that won an Olympic silver medal in Tokyo 2020. [1] [2] The same crew was a three-time European Champion (in 2019, 2020 and 2021) and won a silver medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships. In August 2022 Clevering and her former coxless four teammate Veronique Meester won the bronze medal in the coxless pair at the European Championships in Munich. [3]

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References

  1. Pender, Kieran (28 July 2021). "'Amazing hour' of Olympic rowing produces Australian medal bonanza". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. Tennery, Amy (28 July 2021). "Rowing-Netherlands, China win in world best times in speedy day of competition". Reuters . Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. "Clevering en Meester pakken brons in twee zonder op EK roeien". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 13 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.