Bjorn van den Ende | |
Nationality: | Dutch |
Birth Date: | 10 January 1986 |
Birth Place: | Naarden, Netherlands |
Height: | 1.88 m |
Weight: | 82 kg |
Country: | Netherlands |
Sport: | Rowing |
Event: | Eight |
Club: | A.A.S.R. Skøll |
Olympics: | Tokyo 2020 M8+ |
Bjorn van den Ende (born 10 January 1986) is a Dutch representative rower. He has competed for the Netherlands as both a lightweight and heavyweight. He competed in the men's lightweight coxless four event at the Rio 2016 Olympics[1] and in the Dutch heavyweight men's eight at Tokyo 2020.
After the Rio Olympics at age 30, he switched from lightweight to heavyweight rowing.[2] From 2017, he was seated in the Men's Eight the 'Holland 8', won silver at the 2019 World Rowing Championships and thus qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3] At Tokyo 2020 the Dutch men's eight won their heat, then finished 5th in the A final for an overall fifth placing at the Olympic regatta.