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Kirsten Irene Merian van der Kolk (born 18 December 1975, in Haarlem) is a rower from the Netherlands.[2]

Kirsten van der Kolk

Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	LW2x[1]
	2004 Athens	LW2x

Together with Marit van Eupen she participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where they finished in sixth position in the lightweight double sculls.[2] Four years later, they took part in Athens at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where they won the bronze medal.[2] After those Olympics she retired from rowing and gave birth to a child. Less than one year before the 2008 Summer Olympics, she decided to return and became a team again with Marit van Eupen, who had become three times world champion in the non-Olympic lightweight single sculls (LW1x) during the absence of van der Kolk. In 2008, they came second in the Rowing World Cup meeting in Luzern and they qualified themselves for their third Olympics. On 17 August 2008, they won Olympic gold.[1]

References

External links

• Official website (in Dutch)
• Kirsten van der Kolk at World Rowing
• Kirsten van der Kolk at Olympedia
• Kirsten van der Kolk at Olympics.com
• Kirsten van der Kolk at Olympic.org (archived)

На других языках

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- [en] Kirsten van der Kolk

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[it] Kirsten van der Kolk

Kirsten Irene Merian van der Kolk (Haarlem, 18 dicembre 1975) è una canottiera olandese, vincitrice della medaglia d'oro nel 2 di coppia pesi leggeri a Pechino 2008, e del bronzo ad Atene 2004.

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[ru] Ван дер Колк, Кирстен

Кирстен ван дер Колк (нидерл. Kirsten van der Kolk, род. 18 декабря 1985) — голландская спортсменка, гребчиха, призёр чемпионата Европы, чемпионата мира по академической гребле, а также Летних Олимпийских игр 2012 года. С 2013 года работает в качестве тренера по академической гребле.

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