Olivia van Rooijen

Dutch rower (born 1988)

In this Dutch name, the surname is  van Rooijen, not  Rooijen.

Olivia van Rooijen

Van Rooijen at the 2016 European Championships

Personal information
Nationality| Dutch
Born|  (1988-10-29) 29 October 1988 (age 36)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height| 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight| 64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country| Netherlands
Sport| Rowing
Event(s)| Quad scull, Coxless four, Eight
Club| De Hoop KAR ZV
Coached by| Josy Verdonkschot
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals| Tokyo 2020 W4X

Medal record

Women's rowing
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships
| 2011 Bled | Coxless four
| 2017 Sarasota | Quadruple sculls
| 2018 Plovdiv | Quadruple sculls
| 2019 Ottensheim | Quadruple sculls
European Championships
| 2015 Poznań | Coxless pair
| 2016 Brandenburg | Eight
| 2017 Račice | Quadruple sculls
| 2018 Glasgow | Quadruple sculls
| 2019 Lucerne | Quadruple sculls
| 2020 Poznań | Quadruple sculls

Olivia van Rooijen (born 29 October 1988) is a Dutch rower. She won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships and two silver medals at the European championships in 2015–2016. She placed sixth in the women's eight at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3] Van Rooijen took up rowing in 2001. She has a degree in chemistry from University of Amsterdam.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Olivia van Rooijen". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
2. ^ Olivia van Rooijen. worldrowing.com
3. ^ a b Olivia van Rooijen. nbcolympics.com

## External links

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* Olivia van Rooijen at World Rowing
* Olivia van Rooijen at Olympics.com
* Olivia van Rooijen at Olympedia
* Olivia van Rooijen at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)

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World champions – Women's quadruple sculls

Coxed (1974–1983)|

* 1974:  (Roswietha Reichel, Ursula Wagner, Jutta Lau, Sybille Tietze, cox Liane Weigelt)
* 1975:  (Roswietha Zobelt, Ursula Unger, Jutta Lau, Anke Grünberg, cox Liane Weigelt)
* 1977:  (Sybille Tietze, Viola Kowalschek, Petra Boesler, Sabine Gust, cox Elke Rost)
* 1978:  (Anka Bakova, Dolores Nakova, Rositsa Spasova, Rumelyana Boncheva, cox Anka Georgieva)
* 1979:  (Sybille Tietze, Christine Röpke, Jutta Lau, Roswietha Zobelt, cox Liane Buhr)
* 1981:  (Tatyana Danilova, Olga Kaspina, Yelena Khloptseva, Larisa Popova, cox Maria Zemskova-Korotkova)
* 1982:  (Larisa Popova, Yelena Khloptseva, Olga Kaspina, Tatiana Bachkatova, cox Maria Zemskova-Korotkova)
* 1983:  (Tatiana Bachkatova, Olga Kaspina, Yelena Khloptseva, Larisa Popova, cox Maria Zemskova-Korotkova)

Coxless (1985–pres.)|

* 1985:  (Ramona Balthasar, Birgit Peter, Jutta Hampe, Kristina Mundt)
* 1986:  (Kerstin Pieloth, Birgit Peter, Kerstin Hinze, Jana Sorgers)
* 1987:  (Kerstin Pieloth, Birgit Peter, Jutta Hampe, Jana Sorgers)
* 1989:  (Kathrin Boron, Sybille Schmidt, Jutta Behrendt, Jana Thieme)
* 1990:  (Kerstin Köppen, Claudia Krüger, Sybille Schmidt, Jana Sorgers)
* 1991:  (Kerstin Köppen, Claudia Krüger, Sybille Schmidt, Jana Sorgers)
* 1993:  (Cao Mianying, Gu Xiaoli, Liu Xirong, Zhang Xiuyun)
* 1994:  (Kerstin Köppen, Kristina Mundt, Katrin Rutschow, Jana Sorgers)
* 1995:  (Kerstin Köppen, Katrin Rutschow, Jana Sorgers, Jana Thieme)
* 1997:  (Kathrin Boron, Kerstin Köppen, Manuela Lutze, Jana Thieme)
* 1998:  (Kathrin Boron, Manuela Lutze, Jana Thieme, Christiane Will)
* 1999:  (Maren Derlien, Meike Evers, Kerstin Kowalski, Manuela Lutze)
* 2001:  (Peggy Waleska, Marita Scholz, Manuela Lutze, Manja Kowalski)
* 2002:  (Peggy Waleska, Marita Scholz, Manuela Lutze, Kerstin El Qalqili-Kowalski)
* 2003:  (Jane Robinson, Dana Faletic, Kerry Hore, Amber Bradley)
* 2005:  (Rebecca Romero, Sarah Winckless, Frances Houghton, Katherine Grainger)
* 2006:  (Debbie Flood, Sarah Winckless, Frances Houghton, Katherine Grainger)
* 2007:  (Annabel Vernon, Debbie Flood, Frances Houghton, Katherine Grainger)
* 2009:  (Svitlana Spiriukhova, Tetiana Kolesnikova, Anastasiya Kozhenkova, Yana Dementyeva)
* 2010:  (Debbie Flood, Beth Rodford, Frances Houghton, Annabel Vernon)
* 2011:  (Julia Richter, Tina Manker, Stephanie Schiller, Britta Oppelt)
* 2013:  (Annekatrin Thiele, Carina Bär, Julia Richter, Britta Oppelt)
* 2014:  (Annekatrin Thiele, Carina Bär, Julia Lier, Lisa Schmidla)
* 2015:  (Amanda Elmore, Tracy Eisser, Megan Kalmoe, Olivia Coffey)
* 2017:  (Olivia van Rooijen, Inge Janssen, Sophie Souwer, Nicole Beukers)
* 2018:  (Agnieszka Kobus, Marta Wieliczko, Maria Springwald, Katarzyna Zillmann)
* 2019:  (Chen Yunxia, Zhang Ling, Lü Yang, Cui Xiaotong)
* 2022:  (Chen Yunxia, Zhang Ling, Lü Yang, Cui Xiaotong)
* 2023:  (Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson, Georgina Brayshaw)

Women's quad sculls has been an Olympic event since 1976; see Olympic champions – Women's quadruple sculls

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