Karolien Florijn

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NationalityDutch
Born (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 27)
Parents
RelativeFinn Florijn (brother)
Karolien Florijn
Florijn in 2022
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 27)
Parents
RelativeFinn Florijn (brother)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportRowing
Event(s)
Coxless four, eights, single sculls, quadruple sculls
ClubNereus
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisSingle sculls
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoCoxless four
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 RačiceSingle sculls
Gold medal – first place2023 BelgradeSingle sculls
Silver medal – second place2019 OttensheimCoxless four
Bronze medal – third place2018 PlovdivQuadruple sculls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 LucerneCoxless four
Gold medal – first place2020 PoznańCoxless four
Gold medal – first place2021 VareseCoxless four
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichSingle sculls
Gold medal – first place2023 BledSingle sculls
Silver medal – second place2017 RačiceEight
Bronze medal – third place2018 GlasgowQuadruple sculls

Karolien Florijn (born 6 April 1998) is a Dutch rower. She was a member of the Dutch coxless four, along with Ellen Hogerwerf, Ymkje Clevering and Veronique Meester, that won an Olympic silver medal in Tokyo 2020.[1][2] The same crew was a three-time European Champion (in 2019, 2020 and 2021) and won a silver medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships. Florijn returned to the single sculls in 2022, winning the overall World Rowing Cup trophy and winning the gold medal at the European Championships in Munich.[3][4] She won the single sculls event at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games.

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