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Olaf Van Andel
Olaf van Andel (born 22 March 1984 in Tilburg) is a rower from the Netherlands.Athlete biography: Olaf van Andel beijing2008.cn, ret: 14 August 2008 Van Andel took part in the World Championships of 2007 in becoming fifth in the coxed fours. He qualified for the in with the Dutch eights forming a team with |
Tilburg
Tilburg () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern province of North Brabant. With a population of 222,601 (1 July 2021), it is the second-largest city or municipality in North Brabant after Eindhoven and the seventh-largest in the Netherlands as a whole. Tilburg University is located in Tilburg, as are Avans University of Applied Sciences and Fontys University of Applied Sciences. Tilburg is known for its ten-day-long funfair, held in July each year. The Monday during the funfair is called "Roze Maandag" (Pink Monday) and is primarily LGBT-oriented. There are three railway stations within the municipality: Tilburg, Tilburg Universiteit and Tilburg Reeshof. The "Spoorzone" area around Tilburg Central station, once a Dutch Railways train maintenance yard, has been purchased by the city and is being transformed into an urban zone. History Little is known about the beginnings of Tilburg. The name ''Tilliburg'' first appeared in documents dating f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Siegelaar
Olivier Siegelaar (born 24 October 1986, in Haarlem) is a rower from the Netherlands., beijing2008.cn, ret: 14 August 2008 Siegelaar qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with the Dutch eights forming a team with Olaf van Andel, Jozef Klaassen, Meindert Klem, David Kuiper, Diederik Simon, Rogier Blink, Mitchel Steenman and cox Peter Wiersum. Due to an injury Siegelaar was replaced by Reinder Lubbers during the repechages. He was back in the boat during the final and finished 4th. Siegelaar rowed in the men's eight during the 2009, 2010 and 2011 World Championships finishing 3rd, 4th and 6th respectively, before competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In a close race Siegelaar finished 5th, only 0.5 seconds off the bronze medal. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he was part of the men's eight team that won a bronze medal. During his rowing career, Siegelaar pursued a degree in Mechanical Engineering between 2009 and 2013 at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowers At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically attached to the boat, and the rower drives the oar like a lever, exerting force in the ''same'' direction as the boat's travel; while paddles are completely hand-held and have no attachment to the boat, and are driven like a cantilever, exerting force ''opposite'' to the intended direction of the boat. In some strict terminologies, using oars for propulsion may be termed either "pulling" or "rowing", with different definitions for each. Where these strict terminologies are used, the definitions are reversed depending on the context. On saltwater a "pulling boat" has each person working one oar on one side, alternating port and starboard along the length of the boat; whilst "rowing" means each person operates two oars, one on each side of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Male Rowers
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Living People
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1984 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. *January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh personal computer in the United States. February * February 3 ** Dr. John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth. ** STS-41-B: Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' is launched on the 10th Space Shuttle mission. * February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk. * February 8– 19 – The 1984 Winter Olympics are held i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinder Lubbers
Reinder Lubbers (born 6 November 1984 in Deventer) is a male rower from the Netherlands. The son of former Dutch cricket team captain Steven Lubbers, Lubbers took part in the World Championships of 2007 in Munich becoming fifth in the coxed four. In 2008, he claimed a seat in the Dutch eights team, the Holland Acht, competing at multiple World Cup regattas. He joined the Dutch eights team ( Olaf van Andel, Rogier Blink, Jozef Klaassen, Meindert Klem, David Kuiper, Diederik Simon, Olivier Siegelaar, Mitchel Steenman and cox Peter Wiersum) to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as a reserve. Due to an injury of Siegelaar, Lubbers was able to take part in the repechage and helped the team to advance to the final of the tournament. Lubbers was a member of the Groningen Student Rowing Club (GSR) Aegir as a student, switching to the Koninklijke Amsterdamse Roei & Zeilvereniging "de Hoop" after studies. Sports post-rowing Born in a cricketing family, Lubbers became champion of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wiersum
Peter Wiersum (born 1 November 1984 in Sutton Coldfield) is a Dutch former rowing coxswain.Athlete biography: Peter Wiersum beijing2008.cn, ret: 14 August 2008 He is a three-time Olympian and won a world championship title in 2007. He competed in the in and steered the Dutch lightweight eights to the World title. He qualified for the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchel Steenman
Mitchel Steenman (born 17 June 1984 in Dirksland) is a Dutch rower.Athlete biography: Mitchel Steenman beijing2008.cn, ret: 14 August 2008 Steenman took part in the World Championships of 2007 in becoming tenth in the eights. He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in with the Dutch eights forming a team with [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diederik Simon
Diederik Rudolf Simon (born 10 April 1970 in Bloemendaal, North Holland) is a rower from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country in five consecutive Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal with the ''Holland Acht'' (Holland Eight) at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. He earned silver medals in the Men's Quadruple Sculls (Sydney 2000 The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...) and in the Men's Eights ( Athens 2004). After becoming a coach, he rejoined the national team in 2007, placing fourth at the Beijing Olympics (2008) and fifth at the London Olympics (2012), both in the Dutch Men's Eights. He trained for his sixth Olympics in Rio de Janeiro 2016, but was not selected for the Dutch team. Simon auctioned off his Olympic gold medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rower
Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is divided into two disciplines: sculling and sweep rowing. In sculling, each rower holds two oars—one in each hand, while in sweep rowing each rower holds one oar with both hands. There are several boat classes in which athletes may compete, ranging from single sculls, occupied by one person, to shells with eight rowers and a coxswain, called eights. There are a wide variety of course types and formats of racing, but most elite and championship level racing is conducted on calm water courses long with several lanes marked using buoys. Modern rowing as a competitive sport can be traced to the early 17th century when professional watermen held races ( regattas) on the River Thames in London, England. Often prizes were offered by the London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Kuiper
David Kuiper (born 12 December 1980 in Aduard) is a rower from the Netherlands.Athlete biography: David Kuiper beijing2008.cn, ret: 14 August 2008 Kuiper took part in the World Championships of 2007 in becoming tenth in the eights. He qualified for the in with the Dutch eights forming a team with [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
