Jan-Willem Gabriëls (born 21 January 1979, in

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from the

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.Athlete biography: Jan-Willem Gabriëls
beijing2008.cn, ret: 6 August 2008 Gabriëls started rowing in 1997. He started rowing in the eights, but after the

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he switched to the fours. His career highlight so far was in

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in 2004 during these Summer Olympics where he won the silver medal in the eights together with

Michiel Bartman Michiel Bernhard Emiel Marie Bartman (born 19 May 1967 in Badhoevedorp, North Holland) is a former rower from the Netherlands, who won a total of three Olympic medals during his career. A member of the Nereus Rowing Club from Amsterdam, he ...

Geert-Jan Derksen Geert Jan Derksen (born 2 May 1975 in Didam) is a Dutch rower. He won silver at the men's eight event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games o ...

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Daniël Mensch Daniël Theodoor Mensch (born 4 October 1978 in Sliedrecht) is a Dutch athlete who won the silver medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics for rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oar ...

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) ...

Matthijs Vellenga Matthijs Vellenga (born 29 October 1977 in Grijpskerk) is a rower from the Netherlands.

Gijs Vermeulen Gijs Vermeulen (born 7 May 1981 in Amsterdam) is a rower from the Netherlands.Chun Wei Cheung Chun Wei Cheung (15 April 1972 in Amsterdam – 14 October 2006) was a Dutch rowing cox and Olympic silver medallist. Cheung started coxing with Nereus Rowing Club in Amsterdam in 1992, later joining the Dutch National Team and coxing the me ...

. After the Olympics Gabriëls, Vellenga, Vermeulen and

Geert Cirkel Geert Cirkel (born 20 October 1978 in Dordrecht) is a Rowing (sport), rower from the Netherlands.2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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with the fours. Their formation was successful straight away with a second place in the 2005

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World Cup as well as the World Championships in

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that year. In 2006 they got another second place in Luzern and a third in

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. In

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where the World Championships were held they won another bronze medal. They were the team to beat in 2007 after winning the World Cup in Luzern and becoming second in both

and

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. However at the 2007 World Championships in Munich they had to be satisfied with another bronze medal. With a World Cup win in

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and a second place in Luzern in 2008, they qualified for the

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