Marlies Smulders (born 22 February 1982 in

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) is a

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from the

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.Athlete biography: Marlies Smulders
beijing2008.cn, ret: 14 August 2008 With the Dutch eights Smulders qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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and she and her team mates rowed to the bronze medal. In 2007, she returned to the eights in which the Dutch only became seventh at the World Championships. Earlier that year they won the

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in Amsterdam and they finished third in both Luzern and

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. She qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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with the Dutch eights forming a team with

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and cox

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References

1982 births Living people Dutch female rowers Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Amstelveen Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub