Marit van Eupen

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Marit van Eupen
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Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place Beijing 2008 LW2x
Bronze medal – third place Athens 2004 LW2x
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place Munich 2007 LW1x
Gold medal – first place Eton 2006 LW1x
Gold medal – first place Kaizu 2005 LW1x

Marit van Eupen (born 26 September 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] Between 2005 and 2008, three years in a row, she was given the Amsterdam Sportswoman of the year award.

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