Bjorn van den Ende explained

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.

Representative rowing career

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bjorn van den Ende . 11 August 2016 . Rio 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806043153/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/bjorn-van-den-ende . 6 August 2016.
  2. Web site: Je vol eten voor een tweede roeicarrière. Lennart. Bloemhof. 24 April 2017. de Volkskrant.
  3. Web site: Holland 8 wint zilver op WK en plaatst zich voor Tokio. 2 September 2019.