Lisa Scheenaard Explained

Lisa Scheenaard
Nationality:Dutch
Birth Date:5 September 1988
Birth Place:Weert, Netherlands
Height:1.79 m
Weight:70 kg
Country:Netherlands
Sport:Rowing
Event:Double sculls

Lisa Scheenaard (born 5 September 1988) is a Dutch rower, who competed at the Olympic Games.

Rowing

In 2016, Scheenaard won the Princess Royal Challenge Cup (the premier women's singles sculls event) at the Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for the Hollandia Roeiclub.[1]

Scheenaard won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships[2] and a silver medal at the 2020 European Rowing Championships.[3]

She won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the double sculls event together with Roos de Jong.

Cycling

In 2018, 2020, and 2022 she was the champion at the Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships, held in storm conditions at Oosterscheldekering over an 8.5 km course against the North Sea wind on upright single-speed bikes. In 2018 she battled "Moderate gale" force 7 winds to complete the distance in 20 minutes 28 seconds. In 2020 she completed the course in 23 minutes 8 seconds while facing "Fresh gale" force 8 (code orange) winds. In 2022 she battled "Moderate gale" force 7 winds to complete the distance in 22 minutes 53 seconds.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners . Henley Royal Regatta . 5 August 2024.
  2. https://worldrowing.com/event/2019-world-rowing-championships 2019 World Rowing Championships Results
  3. https://worldrowing.com/event/2020-european-rowing-championships 2020 European Rowing Championships Results