Kaj Hendriks (born 19 August 1987 in
Wageningen
Wageningen () is a municipality and a historic city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specialises in life sciences. The municipality had a population of in , of which many ...
) is a Dutch
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 ...
. He finished 5th in the
coxless four
A coxless four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain.
The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar. There are two rowers on t ...
at the
2012 Summer Olympics and became a world champion in the coxless four at the
2013 World Rowing Championships
The 2013 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 25 August to 1 September 2013 at Tangeum Lake, Chungju in South Korea. The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the International Rowin ...
in Chungjiu. At the
2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro
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he was part of the
men's eight team that won a bronze medal.
References
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1987 births
Living people
Dutch male rowers
Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic rowers of the Netherlands
People from Wageningen
Sportspeople from Gelderland
World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands
Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic medalists in rowing
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
European Rowing Championships medalists
21st-century Dutch people
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