Marit van Eupen
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Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | LW2x |
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2004 Athens | LW2x |
World Rowing Championships | ||
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2005 Kaizu | LW1x |
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2006 Eton | LW1x |
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2007 Munich | LW1x |
Marit van Eupen (born 26 September 1969 in Arnhem) is a rower from the Netherlands.[1]
Together with Kirsten van der Kolk she participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where they finished in sixth position in the lightweight double sculls.[1] Four years later they took part in Athens at the 2004 Summer Olympics where they won the bronze medal.[1] After those Olympics they became World Champion in 2005 (Gifu, 2006 (Eton and 2007 (Munich.[1] In 2008 they became second in the Rowing World Cup meeting in Luzern and they qualified themselves for the 2008 Summer Olympics where they won Olympic Gold.[1]
In 2006 van Eupen received the "Golden Oar" first awarded to Janus Ooms in 1892.[2] Between 2005 and 2008, three years in a row, she was given the Amsterdam Sportswoman of the year award.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Athlete biography: Marit van Eupen". The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ "Van Eupen ontvangt prestigieuze en exclusieve Gouden Riem" (in Dutch). NLroei. 9 January 2006. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Dutch female rowers
- Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rowers of the Netherlands
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Arnhem
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Dutch Olympic medalist stubs
- Dutch rowing biography stubs