Eveline Peleman (born 1993) from

Ghent Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in ...

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is an elite rower. She was the 2014 World Champion in the women's lightweight 1x in Amsterdam. After winning the Lightweight women's single scull (LW1x) in Amsterdam. She started rowing back in 2005 at

Royal Sport Nautique de Gand Royal Sport Nautique de Gand, today named Koninklijke Roeivereniging Sport Gent (or KRSG), is a rowing club from Ghent, Belgium established in 1883 as the fourth Ghent-based club. International successes Rita Defauw has three silver (1986, 1987 ...

. This club was the first foreign

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winner and participated several times in the Thames Challenge Cup contest. Eveline also got a bronze medal in the 2014 World Rowing U23 Championships.

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2014 World Rowing Championship, WL1x Final
* 1993 births Living people Belgian female rowers Rowers from Ghent Rowers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics {{Belgium-rowing-bio-stub World Rowing Championships medalists for Belgium 21st-century Belgian women