Martine Veldhuis (born 12 December 1996)[1] is a Dutch rower. In 2017, she and her dizygotic twin sister Marike won silver at the World Rowing Championships for under-23 rowers in the lightweight quadruple sculls.[2] She won the gold medal in the women's lightweight single sculls event at the 2020 European Rowing Championships held in Poznań, Poland.[3][4][5] This was the first time the Netherlands won this event at the European Rowing Championships.[3]
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| Born | 12 December 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2018, she competed in the women's lightweight single sculls event at the World Rowing Championships held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The following year, she competed in the same event at the 2019 World Rowing Championships held in Ottensheim, Austria.
Veldhuis and Lisa Scheenaard competed in the women's double sculls event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
References
edit- ^ "Entry list" (PDF). 2020 European Rowing Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Zussen Marike en Martine Veldhuis pakken zilver bij WK roeien onder 23" [Sisters Marike and Martine Veldhuis catch silver at Wold Championship rowing under 23]. oost.nl (in Dutch). 22 July 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Succesvolste EK roeien ooit voor Nederland: zeven gouden medailles". NOS (in Dutch). 11 October 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Women's lightweight single sculls" (PDF). 2020 European Rowing Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (11 October 2020). "Golds galore for The Netherlands on final day of European Rowing Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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