Aurelia-Maxima Janzen Explained

Aurelia-Maxima Katharina Janzen
Birth Date:27 December 2003[1]
Country:Switzerland
Sport:Rowing
Event:Single sculls

Aurelia-Maxima Katharina Janzen (born 27 December 2003) is a Swiss rower. She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Career

She raced her first U23 champs aged 17 years-old. She won a gold at the 2021 World Rowing Junior Championships.[2] She won gold at the 2022 European Rowing U23 Championships, and two silvers at the 2021 and 2022 World Rowing U23 Championships, all in the single scull.[3] [4]

She won the 2023 German Championships in Brandenburg.[3] She won a silver medal at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in Bled, and also competed in 2024 in Szeged.[5]

She secured a place at the Olympic Games with her performance in Lucerne in May 2024.[6] She competed in the single sculls at the 2024 Paris Olympics, qualifying for the quarter finals.[7]

Personal life

She has dual citizenship of Switzerland and Germany. She favours the use of old fashioned Macon blades.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AURELIA-MAXIMA KATHARINA JANZEN. World Rowing. 28 July 2024.
  2. Web site: JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONS ARE CROWNED FOR 2021 AFTER MISSING OUT LAST YEAR. World Rowing. 28 July 2024. 15 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Swiss Rowing Selects. row-360.com. 28 July 2024. 20 April 2003.
  4. Web site: 2023 World Rowing Under 23 Championships – Women's Openweight Sculling Preview. juniorrowingnews. 28 July 2024. Fergus. Mainland. July 18, 2023.
  5. Web site: Day two in Szeged at the 2024 European Rowing Championships. Row360. 28 July 2024. 24 April 2024.
  6. Web site: FOPQR: MEN'S FOUR AND AURELIA-MAXIMA JANZEN SECURE TICKETS FOR PARIS. lucerneregatta. 28 July 2024. Timon. Wernas. May 25, 2024.
  7. Web site: Aurelia-Maxima Janzen rows confidently into the quarter-finals. bluewin.ch. 28 July 2024. 27 July 2024.