Katrin Olsen (born 5 January 1978 in

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) is a

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– Faroese rower, and represents

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. She weights , and is therefore in the lightweight class. Before she went to live in Denmark she was rowing in Faroese rowing competitions and became Faroese Rowing Champion two times with the boat Jarnbardur of Róðrarfelagið Knørrur.

2008 Summer Olympics

rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park The Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park () was built for the rowing, canoeing and 10 km open-water ...

( lightweight double sculls) in

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, Olsen and Juliane Rasmussen seemed for a long time to get the third place after

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, but ended at second place, and was qualified for the semifinale. However, they also got the fourth place in the semifinal (only the three best qualifies for the final), and lost.Útvarp Føroya
''Katrin Olsen megnaði ikki at rógva seg í finaluna''
/ref> Their class was later won by rowers from the

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Knørrur Rowing Club, where it all began
in ''Faroese'' Olympic rowers of Denmark Danish female rowers Faroese female rowers 1978 births People from Tórshavn Living people Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Denmark {{Denmark-rowing-bio-stub