rower
Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...
from the
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Dekker started rowing in 1990 and made her international debut in the double sculls at the 1995 Junior World Championships in
Poznań
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. Together with
Christel Rijnten
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she won the bronze medal. The following year Dekker became World Junior Champion in the
four
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Glasgow
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. In 1997 she finished fifth in the single scull race at the Junior World Championships in
Hazewinkel
The Hazewinkel is a 2,000 m rowing and regatta course belonging to Bloso in Heindonk, municipality of Willebroek, near Mechelen, Belgium. The site consists of a finishing tower, boathouses, a cafeteria and eight basic huts that house athl ...
. She kept on rowing the single scull in 1998 with winning a bronze medal in the Nations Cup. In 1999 in the double sculls with
Annemieke Klaren Annemieke (or Annemiek) is a Dutch feminine given name. Like Annemarie, it is a combination of the names Anna and Maria, via the hypocorism Mieke. People with the names include:
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she was unsuccessful.
Dekker and
Marloes Bolman
Marloes Bolman (born 8 November 1977) is a Dutch rower. She competed in the women's coxless pair event at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharu ...
qualified for the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in
Sydney
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and became 10th in the coxless pairs. In 2001, she formed a fours boat with
Anneke Venema
Anneke Venema (born 19 January 1971) is a retired rower from the Netherlands. She won a silver medal in the women's eight with coxswain in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, Ven ...
,
Hurnet Dekkers
Hurnet Dekkers (born 8 May 1974 in Rossum, Gelderland
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and
Carin ter Beek
Carin Anuschka ter Beek (born 29 December 1970 in Groningen) is a retired rower from the Netherlands. She won a silver medal in the women's eight in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
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that finished fourth and fifth at the
Rowing World Cup
The World Rowing Cup is an international rowing competition organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It began in 1997 and comprises three regattas (apart from in 2001 when there were four) held throughout early summer. In each even ...
meetings in
Sevilla
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and
Munich
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. At the World Championships in
Luzern
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with Christine Vink as a replacement of Hurnet Dekkers they won the bronze medal in the coxless fours. 2002 was a disappointing year for Dekker as she only reached two fourth places in World Cup meetings with
Marlies Smulders
Marlies Smulders (born 22 February 1982 in Amstelveen) is a rower from the Netherlands.
,
Nienke Hommes
Nienke Hommes (; born 20 February 1977 in Haarlem
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and Melina Bus in the fours. At the World Championships they could only reach to an eighth position. The double sculls season in 2003 with Froukje Wegman was even more disappointing as not one single A-final was reached. She decided to row on her own in 2004 and to aim to qualify for the
2004 Summer Olympics
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. In the single scull she became fifth and third in World Cup meetings, which secured her spot in
Athens
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, but at the Olympics itself she only was able to finish in tenth position.
In 2005 it was time to start with the newly born Dutch
eight
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s project. The team existing of Dekker, Sanne Beukers, Nienke Hommes, Hurnet Dekkers,
Annemarieke van Rumpt
Annemarieke van Rumpt (born 29 April 1980 in Middelharnis) is a rower from the Netherlands.
Van Rumpt took part in the World Championships of 2003 in Milan winning the silver medal in the four. With the Dutch eights she qualified for the 200 ...
Annemiek de Haan
Annemiek de Haan (born 15 July 1981 in Haren, Groningen) 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.
managed to row to the second spot at the World Cup meeting in Munich straight away. With Marlies Smulders instead of Hommes they reached the same spot in Luzern. Hommes returned to the team instead of Smulders for the World Championships, while Beukers was replaced by
Nienke Dekkers Nienke is Dutch feminine given name. It originated as a diminutive of ''Nine'', a Frisian short form of Catharina.Nienke ...
. This team dropped down one place and won the bronze medal. In 2006 Dekker remained in the eights, but at the World Championships in
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she performed in the coxless fours with Posthuma,
Nienke Kingma
Nienke Kingma (; born 12 February 1982 in Driebergen) is a rower from the Netherlands.
Kingma took part in the World Championships of 2006 in the fours finishing fifth in Eton. A year later at the World Championships in Munich she was pa ...
and
Roline Repelaer van Driel
Roline Repelaer van Driel (born 28 July 1984 in Amsterdam) is a rower from the Netherlands.
to finish in fifth.
She returned to the eights in 2007 rowing to two third positions in the World Cup in
Linz
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and Luzern as well as the first place in
Amsterdam
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with
Jacobine Veenhoven
Jacobine Veenhoven (born 30 January 1984, Laren, North Holland, Laren) is a Dutch female rower. She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's eight, women's eight event.
Refer ...
, Smulders, Hurnet Dekkers, Van Rumpt, Repelaer van Driel,
Sarah Siegelaar
Sarah Siegelaar (born 4 October 1981 in Amsterdam) is a rower from the Netherlands. Then at the World Championships in Munich the team failed to achieve the A-final and had to be satisfied with the 7th position overall. In 2008 the team tried to qualify for the
2008 Summer Olympics
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and at the first World Cup in Munich Veenhoven was replaced by Nienke Dekkers while Hurnet Dekkers was replaced by Nienke Kingma; they finished in fourth position. Helen Tanger replaced Nienke Dekkers in the second meeting held in Luzern and another fourth position was achieved. This also meant the Olympic qualification was accomplished.