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Sytske de Groot Sytske de Groot (born 3 April 1986 in Delft) is a Dutch rower. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she won the bronze medal in the Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's eight, Women's eight. As of 2012, she was a stud ...

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Chantal Achterberg Chantal Achterberg (born 16 April 1985) is a Dutch rower, who is a multiple time world champion and winner of Olympic silver and bronze medals.{{{cite Sports-Reference She is a native of Vlaardingen, South Holland South Holland ...

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Student Rowing Club) is a student

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, with more than 850 members. Proteus-Eretes has a fleet of more than 100 rowing boats, which is the largest number of boats owned by a student rowing club in the

. About 60 members of Proteus-Eretes are racerowers, who train to reach a worldclass level of rowing and start competing at a high level instantly. In 2012, 5 members competed at the

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won bronze medals as a part of women's eight team. The other members are more recreational rowers, but also have the opportunity to compete in a competitive environment. During the season they can participate in competitions almost every weekend.

History

Proteus-Eretes is a result of a fusion between two student rowing clubs, VRV Proteus and DSR Eretes. VRV (Virgilius Roei Vereniging) Proteus was founded in 1947 by Gerrit Athmer and was at first a rowing club only for members of Sanctus Virgilius.Anjo van den Bos (1997) ''Hemelsblauw: 50 jaar DSR Proteus-Eretes''. Other students were not granted membership of Proteus. In 1966 DSR Eretes was founded as a student rowing club open to all students. DSR Eretes was growing at a very fast rate whereas Proteus was struggling to survive. Because of problems with Sanctus Virgilius and a shortage of new members, Proteus became an open rowing club in 1969. In 1970 a fusion with Eretes followed, forming DSR Proteus-Eretes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Proteus-Eretes Rowing clubs in the Netherlands Sports clubs established in 1970 Organisations based in South Holland 1970 establishments in the Netherlands