Sjoerd Hamburger (born 8 February 1983 in

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) is a rower from the

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, who competes in the single scull. Hamburger was born and raised in Oldeberkoop, where he played

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and was involved in training for

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s. When he was 18 he moved to

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to study and started rowing in an

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at the Orca Rowing Club.Sjoerd Hamburger Biography
, sjoerdhamburger.nl, ret: 6 August 2008 The boat took silver at the European Youth Championships that year. In 2003 Hamburger rowed in the Orca

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which came sixth at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships. On the advice of his coach Peter van der Noort, he started training in the single scull and thanks to a successful performance at his national championships he was selected to take part in the World Cup. At the end of the year Hamburger won the bronze medal at the Under-23 World Championships. In December 2004 he was nominated alongside

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, sjoerdhamburger.nl, ret: 6 August 2008 During the World Cup finals in Luzern (Lucerne) he finished sixth, at the semi-final stage of which he broke his national record to scull 2000 metres in . Two weeks later Hamburger became World Under-23 Champion in

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. At the World Championships in

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in September he reached 7th position, winning the B-final. In 2006 Hamburger achieved 8th position in the world, and managed to beat his own national record.Sjoerd Hamburger: 2006
, sjoerdhamburger.nl, ret: 6 August 2008 During the first World Cup meeting of 2007 he came sixth in

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.Sjoerd Hamburger: 2007
, sjoerdhamburger.nl, ret: 6 August 2008 He followed this with a 7th position at the second World Cup in Amsterdam. Thanks to a fifth position in the World Cup finals in Luzern Hamburger earned nomination for the

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. The first World Cup of 2008 led to 8th place in

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.Sjoerd Hamburger: 2008
, sjoerdhamburger.nl, ret: 6 August 2008 This was followed by a 7th place in the second World Cup in Luzern then training camp in

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– for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Hamburger was also a member of 2009's winning

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first eight that won the 155th University Boat Race. A year later he became the first non-English mother-tongue person to hold the position of President of that club. He was part of the losing crew of the next year. He is one of the tallest rowers to have competed in the Boat Race, standing at 206 cm (6 feet 9.1 inches) and weighing 100 kg (15.7 stone). Whilst at Oxford, Hamburger rowed in the Oriel 1st VIII in Summer Eights, bumping Pembroke College to finish 2nd on the river. At the

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, he was part of the Dutch men's eight who finished in 5th place.

External links

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Official website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamburger, Sjoerd 1983 births Living people Dutch male rowers Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of the Netherlands Sportspeople from Friesland People from Ooststellingwerf Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch women