In this Dutch name, the surname is van Eupen, not Eupen.
Marit van Eupen
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the Netherlands
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing
LW2x
2004 Athens
LW2x
World Rowing Championships
2005 Kaizu
LW1x
2006 Eton
LW1x
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 the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where they won the bronze medal.[1] After those Olympics she was World Champion in 2005 (Gifu), 2006 (Eton) and 2007 (Munich).[1] in the Lightweight Single Sculls. In 2008 she and Kirsten van der Kolk reunited and came second in the Rowing World Cup meeting in Luzern and they qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics where they won Gold.[1]
In 2006 van Eupen received the "Golden Oar", first awarded to Janus Ooms in 1892.[2] For three years in a row, between 2005 and 2008, she was given the Amsterdam Sportswoman of the year award.
^ abcde"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.
MaritvanEupen (born 26 September 1969 in Arnhem) is a rower from the Netherlands. Together with Kirsten van der Kolk she participated at the 2000 Summer...
Kirsten Irene Merian van der Kolk (born 18 December 1975, in Haarlem) is a rower from the Netherlands. Together with MaritvanEupen she participated at...
Elena Georgescu Lightweight double sculls details Kirsten van der Kolk and MaritvanEupen (NED) Minna Nieminen and Sanna Stén (FIN) Tracy Cameron and...
double sculls details Constanța Burcică and Angela Alupei (ROU) Daniela Reimer and Claudia Blasberg (GER) Kirsten van der Kolk and MaritvanEupen (NED)...
2009-11-11. Retrieved 2008-08-20. "Record triple Individual gold for Anky van Grunsven". Beijing 2008. 2008-08-19. Archived from the original on 2011-01-06...
swimming stars Pieter van den Hoogenband and Inge de Bruijn, road and track cyclist Leontien van Moorsel, dressage rider Anky van Grunsven along with her...
Peter Blangé Albert Cristina Martijn Dieleman Bas van de Goor Mike van de Goor Guido Görtzen Martin van der Horst Joost Kooistra Reinder Nummerdor Richard...
Chefs de Mission were Charles van Commenée (Olympics) and Thea Limbach (Paralympics). The eleven ambassadors were: Anky van Grunsven, Equestrian, 2 times...
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