Marit van Eupen

Medal record
Marit van Eupen
Women's rowing
Competitor for the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold	Beijing 2008	LW2x
Bronze	Athens 2004	LW2x
World Rowing Championships
Gold	Munich 2007	LW1x
Gold	Eton 2006	LW1x
Gold	Kaizu 2005	LW1x

Marit van Eupen (born September 26, 1969, Arnhem) is a rower from the Netherlands.^[1]

Together with Kirsten van der Kolk she participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where they finished in sixth position in the lightweight double sculls.^[1] Four years later they took part in Athens at the 2004 Summer Olympics where they won the bronze medal.^[1] After those Olympics they became World Champion in 2005 (Gifu, 2006 (Eton and 2007 (Munich.^[1] In 2008 they became second in the Rowing World Cup meeting in Luzern and they qualified themselves for the 2008 Summer Olympics where they won Olympic Gold.^[1]

In 2006 van Eupen received the "Golden Oar" first awarded to Janus Ooms in 1892.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Athlete biography: Marit van Eupen, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 06, 2008
2. ^ NLroei Van Eupen receives the Golden Oar

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Name	Eupen, Marit van
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Date of birth	September 26, 1969
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