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Sytske de Groot (born 3 April 1986 in

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) is a Dutch rower. She competed at the

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where she won the bronze medal in the

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. As of 2012, she was a student of marine engineering at

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and she was a member of the

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student rowing club in Delft. As a part of Dutch women's eight team, she was a bronze medalist at the 2009 European Championship and a silver medalist of the 2010 European Championship.

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