Bente Paulis Explained

Bente Paulis
Nationality:Dutch
Birth Date:14 February 1997[1]
Birth Place:Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Sport:Rowing

Bente Paulis (born 14 February 1997) is a Dutch rower. She won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the quadruple sculls.

Career

At the 2022 European Rowing Championships in Munich, she won a silver medal in the women's quadruple sculls.[2] At the 2022 World Rowing Championships held in the Czech Republic, she also won a silver medal.[3]

The following year, in 2023, Paulis also won silver in the quadruple sculls at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.[4] [5]

She was part of the Dutch four that placed second at the first two World Cup events of 2024. She was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[6]

Personal life

She is the younger sister of rower and former Olympic champion Ilse Paulis.[7] Their youngest sister Femke is also a rower and has competed in three junior world championships.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bente Paulis. World Rowing. 27 July 2024.
  2. Web site: van Lakerveld . Erik . August 13, 2022 . Rowers too tired for gold at European Championships: 'It's a nice in-between' . 27 July 2024 . . nl.
  3. Web site: September 24, 2022 . Four medals for Dutch rowers at World Championships in the Czech Republic: three silver, one bronze . 27 July 2024 . . nl.
  4. Web site: Netherlands rowing teams qualify for the Olympics . nltimes.nl. 27 July 2024. 7 September 2023.
  5. Web site: September 9, 2023 . Silver for women's double four, second behind world champion Great Britain . 27 July 2024 . . nl.
  6. Web site: Interview with Bente Paulis and Tessa Dullemans: "In the Netherlands you can compete with the best in the world". nlroei.nl. 27 July 2024. July 25, 2024. Marc. Deggeller. nl.
  7. Web site: Kooijman . Steven . 24 September 2022 . In navolging van legendarische zus beklimt roeister Bente Paulis nu ook het WK podium . 27 July 2024 . . nl.
  8. Web site: World Rowing - Dutch triple rowing threat – The Paulis sisters . 2024-08-10 . World Rowing . en.

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