- Gerritjan Eggenkamp
Gerritjan Eggenkamp (
14 November 1975 ) is a Dutch rower.Born in
Leiden , Netherlands, Eggenkamp started rowing aged 12 at Het Spaarne rowing club inHeemstede , and first competed internationally as a Junior, coming 9th in the coxless four at the 1993 Junior World Championships. He was named as the spare man for the Dutch Men's coxless four for the 1996 Olympics, and then rowed in the coxless four at the 1997 and 1998 World Championships. He was in the Dutch men's eight for the2000 Olympic Games . In 2002, he became the first Dutch rower to compete in the 148th Oxford- CambridgeBoat Race , rowing in the three seat for the winning Oxford crew.At the 2004 Olympic Games he rowed in the Silver medal winning Dutch Men's 8+
Rowing achievements
:2004: Olympic Games, Athens 8+ (2nd):2002: Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race (winners):2001: World Championships (10th) :2000: Olympic Games, Sydney 8+ (8th) :1998: World Championships 4- (8th) :1997: World Championships 4- (7th) :1996: Olympic Games - spare Men's 4- :1995: U23 Men's 2- (silver) :1993: Junior World Championships Men's 4- (9th)
External links
* [http://www.theboatrace.org/people/biogs/race2002/oxford/Gerritjan_Eggenkamp/ Boat Race biography]
Persondata
NAME=Eggenkamp, Gerritjan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Dutch rower
DATE OF BIRTH=November 14 ,1975
PLACE OF BIRTH=Leiden ,Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH=NA
PLACE OF DEATH=NA
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