Ilse Paulis

Ilse Paulis (born 30 July 1993) is a Dutch representative rower. She is a world champion, a dual Olympian, an Olympic gold medallist and has set three world's best times, two of which are standing world records as of 2021. She is racing the lightweight women's double scull with Marieke Keijser at Tokyo 2021.[1]

Ilse Paulis
Ilse Paulis in 2016
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1993-07-30) 30 July 1993
Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportRowing
Event(s)Lightweight double sculls, Lightweight quadruple sculls
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroLwt double sculls
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoLwt double sculls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 AmsterdamLwt quad sculls
Silver medal – second place2019 OttensheimLwt double sculls
Bronze medal – third place2018 PlovdivLwt double sculls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 BrandenburgLwt double sculls
Gold medal – first place2018 GlasgowLwt double sculls
Silver medal – second place2017 RačiceLwt double sculls

Club and college career

Paulis rowed collegiately for the Ohio State Buckeyes.[2]

International representative career

Together with Maaike Head, she won the gold medal in the lightweight double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

World record holder

At the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, in the final of women's lightweight quad scull Paulis, Mirte Kraaijkamp, Elisabeth Woerner and Maaike Head rowed a world's best time of 6:15.95 a mark which has not been beaten as of 2021.[4]

In 2016 at the World Rowing Cup III in Poznan, Paulis and Head set a new world's best time of 6:47.69 in a lightweight double scull. This record stood until June 2021 when Paulis, now rowing with Marieke Keijser clocked 6:43.79 in the final at WRC III in Sabaudia, Italy.[4]

References
  1. Tokyo previews at 2021 WRCIII
  2. "Buckeye Alum Ilse Paulis Wins Gold at Under-23 Championships". Ohio State Buckeyes. 28 Jul 2014. Retrieved 17 Feb 2019.
  3. "Ilse Paulis". Rio 2016 Organization. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  4. "Paulis at World Rowing". Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2021-07-02.


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