Nienke Kingma (; born 12 February 1982 in

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from the

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. Kingma took part in the World Championships of 2006 in the fours finishing fifth in

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. A year later at the World Championships in

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she was part of the double sculls and became 9th. She qualified for the

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with the Dutch

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s forming a team with

Femke Dekker Femke Dekker (born 11 July 1979) is a Dutch rower from the Netherlands. Dekker started rowing in 1990 and made her international debut in the double sculls at the 1995 Junior World Championships in Poznań. Together with Christel Rijnten she wo ...

Annemiek de Haan Annemiek de Haan (born 15 July 1981 in Haren, Groningen) is a rower from the Netherlands.Roline Repelaer van Driel Roline Repelaer van Driel (born 28 July 1984 in Amsterdam) is a rower from the Netherlands.

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Sarah Siegelaar Sarah Siegelaar (born 4 October 1981 in Amsterdam) is a rower from the Netherlands.Marlies Smulders Marlies Smulders (born 22 February 1982 in Amstelveen) is a rower from the Netherlands.

Helen Tanger Helen Tanger (born 22 August 1978 in Hardenberg) is a rower from the Netherlands.

and cox

Ester Workel Ester Workel (born 18 March 1975 in Enschede) is a rowing cox from the Netherlands.

. This team went on to win the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing just under two seconds behind the winning US team. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed for the Dutch team with

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, Roline Repelaer van Driel,

Claudia Belderbos Claudia Belderbos (born 23 January 1985) is a Dutch rower who mostly competes in the eights. She won bronze medals at the 2009 World Championships and 2012 Olympics, placing sixth in 2016. She also collected two silver medals at the European ch ...

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and cox

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. The team won the bronze medal.

References

1982 births Living people Dutch female rowers Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands People from Driebergen-Rijsenburg Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands 21st-century Dutch women Sportspeople from Utrecht (province) {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub