Karolien Florijn

Karolien Florijn (born 6 April 1998) is a Dutch rower. She was a member of the Dutch coxless four, along with Ellen Hogerwerf, Ymkje Clevering and Veronique Meester, that won an Olympic silver medal in Tokyo 2020.[1][2] The same crew was a three-time European Champion (in 2019, 2020 and 2021) and won a silver medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships. Florijn returned to the single sculls in 2022, winning the overall World Rowing Cup trophy and winning the gold medal at the European Championships in Munich.[3][4]

Karolien Florijn
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportRowing
Event(s)Coxless four, eights, single sculls, quadruple sculls
ClubNereus
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoCoxless four
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 RačiceSingle sculls
Gold medal – first place2023 BelgradeSingle sculls
Silver medal – second place2019 OttensheimCoxless four
Bronze medal – third place2018 PlovdivQuadruple sculls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 LucerneCoxless four
Gold medal – first place2020 PoznańCoxless four
Gold medal – first place2021 VareseCoxless four
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichSingle sculls
Gold medal – first place2023 BledSingle sculls
Silver medal – second place2017 RačiceEight
Bronze medal – third place2018 GlasgowQuadruple sculls

Rowing family

She is the daughter of Ronald Florijn, who won gold at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the double sculls and gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the eight and Antje Rehaag, another Olympic rower.[5] One of her brothers, Finn, is also an Olympic rower, although had to withdraw before the repechage because he had contracted COVID-19.[6]

References
  1. Pender, Kieran (28 July 2021). "'Amazing hour' of Olympic rowing produces Australian medal bonanza". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. Tennery, Amy (28 July 2021). "Rowing-Netherlands, China win in world best times in speedy day of competition". Reuters. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. "Karolien Florijn". World Rowing (FISA website). Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  4. "W4x results – Women's Quadruple Sculls" (PDF). 2018 World Rowing Championships. World Rowing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  5. "July 2022 – Karolien Florijn – World Rowing". World Rowing (FISA website). Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  6. "German cyclist, Dutch rower out of Olympics after positive COVID-19 test". The Japan Times. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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