Gerritjan Eggenkamp
Encyclopedia
Gerritjan Eggenkamp (14 November 1975) is a Dutch
rower.
Born in Leiden, Netherlands, Eggenkamp started rowing aged 12 at Het Spaarne rowing club in Heemstede
, 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 the 2000 Olympic Games. In 2002, he became the first Dutch rower to compete in the 148th Oxford
- Cambridge
Boat 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+
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
rower.
Born in Leiden, Netherlands, Eggenkamp started rowing aged 12 at Het Spaarne rowing club in Heemstede
Heemstede
Heemstede is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.-History :Heemstede formed around the Castle Heemstede that was built on the Spaarne River around 1286. Before 1296, Floris V, Count of Holland, granted Heemstede as a fiefdom to Reinier of Holy...
, 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 the 2000 Olympic Games. In 2002, he became the first Dutch rower to compete in the 148th Oxford
University of Oxford
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- Cambridge
University of Cambridge
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Boat Race, rowing in the three seat for the winning Oxford crew.
At the 2004 Olympic Games
Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Eight
These are the results of the Men's eight competition, one of six events for male competitors in Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-Medalists:-Heat 1 :...
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)