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Paul Lotsij
Paulus Jan Lotsij (4 February 1880 in Dordrecht – 19 September 1910 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Dutch boat ''Minerva Amsterdam'', which won the silver medal in the coxed fours final B. He is the younger brother of Geert Lotsij Gerhard Oswald "Geert" Lotsij (13 January 1878 in Dordrecht – 29 June 1959 in Hilversum) was a Dutch rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports .... References External links * profile 1880 births 1910 deaths Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Dordrecht Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing At The Summer Olympics
Rowing at the Summer Olympics has been part of the competition since its debut in the 1900 Summer Olympics. Rowing was on the program at the 1896 Summer Olympics but was cancelled due to bad weather. Only men were allowed to compete until the women's events were introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal which gave national federations the incentive to support women's events and catalysed growth in women's rowing. Lightweight rowing events (which have weight-limited crews) were introduced to the games in 1996. Qualifying for the rowing events is under the jurisdiction of the World Rowing Federation. World Rowing predates the modern Olympics and was the first international sport federation to join the modern Olympic movement. Summary Events At the 2016 and other recent Olympics, the following 14 events were contested: *Men: Single sculls, Double sculls, Quadruple sculls, Coxless pair, Coxless four, Eight. *Lightweight Men: Double sculls, Coxless four *Women: Sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |