Martine Veldhuis

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Born (1996-12-12) 12 December 1996 (age 29)
CountryNetherlands
SportRowing
Martine Veldhuis
Personal information
Born (1996-12-12) 12 December 1996 (age 29)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportRowing
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 RačiceLW1x
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 PoznańLW1x
Silver medal – second place2023 BledQuadruple sculls
Bronze medal – third place2022 MunichLW1x

Martine Veldhuis (born 12 December 1996)[1] is a Dutch rower. In 2017, she and her dizygotic twin sister Marike won silver at the World Rowing Championships for under-23 rowers in the lightweight quadruple sculls.[2] She won the gold medal in the women's lightweight single sculls event at the 2020 European Rowing Championships held in Poznań, Poland.[3][4][5] This was the first time the Netherlands won this event at the European Rowing Championships.[3]

In 2018, she competed in the women's lightweight single sculls event at the World Rowing Championships held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The following year, she competed in the same event at the 2019 World Rowing Championships held in Ottensheim, Austria.

Veldhuis and Lisa Scheenaard competed in the women's double sculls event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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