Bjorn van den Ende (born 10 January 1986) is a Dutch representative

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 di ...

. He has competed for the Netherlands as both a lightweight and heavyweight. He competed in the men's lightweight coxless four event at the

Rio 2016 Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

and in the Dutch heavyweight men's eight at

Tokyo 2020 The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

Representative rowing career

After the Rio Olympics at age 30, he switched from lightweight to heavyweight rowing. From 2017, he was seated in the Men's Eight the 'Holland 8', won silver at the

2019 World Rowing Championships The 2019 World Rowing Championships were held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019. Apart from Ottensheim, the right to host the championships was contested by Hamburg in Germany, Račice in the Czech Republic, and Varese ...

and thus qualifying for the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo. At

the Dutch men's eight won their heat, then finished 5th in the A final for an overall fifth placing at the Olympic regatta.

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* * 1986 births Living people Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Naarden Rowers from North Holland World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub