Roline Repelaer van Driel

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Roline Repelaer van Driel (born 28 July 1984 in Amsterdam) is a rower from the Netherlands.[1] She started rowing as a student, at U.S.R. "Triton" rowing club in Utrecht.

Born (1984-07-28) 28 July 1984 (age 41)
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Roline Repelaer van Driel
Personal information
Born (1984-07-28) 28 July 1984 (age 41)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingEight
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonEight
European Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place2010 Montemor-o-VelhoEight
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Repelaer van Driel took part in the World Championships of 2006 in the fours finishing fifth in Eton. A year later at the World Championships in Munich she was part of the eights and became 7th.[1] That same year they won the World Rowing Cup event in Amsterdam and became third in both Lucerne and Linz.[1]

She qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with the Dutch eights forming a team with Femke Dekker, Annemiek de Haan, Nienke Kingma, Annemarieke van Rumpt, Sarah Siegelaar, Marlies Smulders, Helen Tanger and cox Ester Workel, and the team won the silver medal.[1][2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics the Dutch women's eight team that van Driel was part of won the bronze medal.[2]

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