Dirk Uittenbogaard (born 8 May 1990) is a Dutch representative

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. He is a European champion, an Olympic gold and bronze medallist and is the reigning world champion in the men's quad scull won at the

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/ref> He won a bronze medal in the eight at the 2015 World Rowing Championships and competed in the men's eight event at the

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, winning a bronze medal. In the Dutch men's quad scull at

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he won an Olympic gold medal and set a new world's best time for that event.

International representative rowing

Uittenbogaard's representative debut for The Netherlands came in 2006 when he was selected in a double scull to race at the

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in Beijing. The following year, he also raced for The Netherlands in the quad at the 2008 World Junior Championships. From 2009 to 2012, Uittenbogaard rowed for The Netherlands at

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firstly in the quad, then as a single sculler, then moving into the double scull for 2011-12. 2013 saw Uittenbogaard selected in Dutch senior representative crews. He rowed in the men's quad at the

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in South Korea, then in a double scull during 2014 including the

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. He earned a seat in the Dutch senior men's eight for the 2015 World Rowing Cup III and then raced in the eight at the 2015 World Rowing Championships (third place), and the

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(third place). In 2017, he rowed in a Dutch men's pair at two World Rowing Cups. In 2018, Uittenbogaard secured a seat in The Netherlands' quad-scull and raced in that boat at all three

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s, the 2018 European Championships and the

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. In 2019, with Metsemakers at stroke and Stefan Broenink changed out for

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the Dutch quad continued to improve their rankings, winning gold at the European Championships, taking third place at the World Rowing Cup III and then at the

in Linz-

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taking the gold medal ahead of Poland and winning Uittenbogaard and the crew a World Championship title. The crew stayed together with limited international racing in 2020 when they again won the European Championships. They commenced their 2021 campaign for the delayed Tokyo Olympics with a second placing at the 2021 European Championships and a gold medal at the World Rowing Cup II in May 2021.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Uittenbogaard, Dirk 1990 births Living people Dutch male rowers Rowers from Amsterdam Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Dutch people