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Karolien Florijn
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportRowing
Event(s)Coxless four, eights, single sculls, quadruple sculls
ClubNereus
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Coxless four
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Račice Single sculls
Gold medal – first place 2023 Belgrade Single sculls
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ottensheim Coxless four
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Plovdiv Quadruple sculls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lucerne Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 2020 Poznań Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 2021 Varese Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Single sculls
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bled Single sculls
Silver medal – second place 2017 Račice Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Quadruple sculls

Karolien Florijn (born 6 April 1998) is a Dutch rower. She was a member of the Dutch coxless four, along with Ellen Hogerwerf, Ymkje Clevering 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. Florijn returned to the single sculls in 2022, winning the overall World Rowing Cup trophy and winning the gold medal at the European Championships in Munich.[3][4]

Rowing family

She is the daughter of Ronald Florijn, who won gold at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the double sculls and gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the eight and Antje Rehaag, another Olympic rower.[5] One of her brothers, Finn, is also an Olympic rower, although had to withdraw before the repechage because he had contracted COVID-19.[6]

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. ^ "Karolien Florijn". World Rowing (FISA website). Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  4. ^ "W4x results – Women's Quadruple Sculls" (PDF). 2018 World Rowing Championships. World Rowing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  5. ^ "July 2022 – Karolien Florijn – World Rowing". World Rowing (FISA website). Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  6. ^ "German cyclist, Dutch rower out of Olympics after positive COVID-19 test". The Japan Times. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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