Bjorn van den Ende
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Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Naarden, Netherlands | 10 January 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Eight | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | A.A.S.R. Skøll | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | Tokyo 2020 M8+ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bjorn van den Ende (born 10 January 1986) is a Dutch representative rower. He has competed for the Netherlands as both a lightweight and heavyweight. He competed in the men's lightweight coxless four event at the Rio 2016 Olympics[1] and in the Dutch heavyweight men's eight at Tokyo 2020.
Representative rowing career
[edit]After the Rio Olympics at age 30, he switched from lightweight to heavyweight rowing.[2] From 2017, he was seated in the Men's Eight the 'Holland 8', won silver at the 2019 World Rowing Championships and thus qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3] At Tokyo 2020 the Dutch men's eight won their heat, then finished 5th in the A final for an overall fifth placing at the Olympic regatta.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bjorn van den Ende". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ Bloemhof, Lennart (24 April 2017). "Je vol eten voor een tweede roeicarrière". de Volkskrant.
- ^ "Holland 8 wint zilver op WK en plaatst zich voor Tokio". 2 September 2019.
External links
[edit]- Bjorn van den Ende at World Rowing
- Bjorn van den Ende at Olympics.com
- Bjorn van den Ende at Olympedia
- Bjorn van den Ende at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)