Simon van Dorp
Simon Hendrik van Dorp (born 10 April 1997) is a
Simon van Dorp
Dutch rower. He won a bronze medal in the single
sculls at the 2024 Olympic Games. He previously won Personal information
medals at the 2019 and 2023 World Rowing Full name Simon Hendrik van Dorp
Championships.[1]
Nationality Dutch
Born 10 April 1997
Amsterdam, Netherlands
University
Height 203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Van Dorp attended the University of Washington from Sport
2017 to 2020 where he majored in political economy. Country Netherlands
In 2020 van Dorp took a year off from university to
Sport Rowing
train with the Dutch Olympic Team for the 2020
Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Achievements and titles
Olympic finals Tokyo 2020 M8+
2017 (Freshman) Medal record
Men's rowing
In 2017, van Dorp's freshman year at the University of
Washington, he rowed in the Men's Varsity 8+ that won Representing Netherlands
the Oregon State Classic; won the Stanford Invitational Olympic Games
against the University of Wisconsin-Madison and 2024 Paris Single sculls
Stanford University; won the Schoch Cup against World Championships
University of California, Berkeley and won the
2019 Ottensheim Eight
Windermere Cup. In the Men's Varsity 8+ he also won
at the Pac-12 Championships and finished second in 2023 Belgrade Single sculls
the grand final at the Intercollegiate Rowing European Championships
Association (IRA) Regatta.[2] 2023 Bled Quadruple sculls
2018 (Sophomore)
In his sophomore year, van Dorp rowed in the UW Varsity 8+ and 2nd Varsity 8+. He was in the Varsity
8+ which beat Dartmouth College at the Las Vegas Invitational, also beating Santa Clara University and
Gonzaga University. van Dorp was also in the Varsity crew which had match race wins over Stanford
University and Oregon State University. He rowed the Second Varsity 8+ which was victorious at
California and won the national championship at IRAs. He rowed in the Varsity 8+ which beat UBC &
Oxford Brookes in the Windermere Cup and won Pac-12 Championships. On 20 February 2018, van
Dorp pulled an 18:13.2 (1:31/500m) 6k erg time, giving him the world record for the distance.
2019 (Junior)
In 2019, van Dorp won the program's Pigott Award as the most inspirational member of the team. He
rowed in the UW Second Varsity 8+ which won its event at the 2018 Head of the Lake. He rowed in the
Varsity 8+ which won races against Cornell, Marist and Oregon State at the Lake Las Vegas Invitational;
beat Northeastern, Stanford and Oregon State at Redwood Shores; beat California for the Schoch Cup;
won the Windermere Cup on Opening Day and earned the silver medal at IRAs. He rowed in the Second
Varsity 8+ that won the Pac-12 Championship.
2020 (Senior)
Van Dorp took the 2019–2020 school year off to train for the 2020 Olympic Games.
References
1. "2019 World Rowing Championships results: M8+ (Men's Eight)" (https://web.archive.org/we
b/20190901142842/http://www.worldrowing.com/assets/pdfs/WCH_2019_1/ROWMCOXED
8------------FNL-000100--_C73.pdf) (PDF). World Rowing. 1 September 2019. Archived from
the original (http://www.worldrowing.com/assets/pdfs/WCH_2019_1/ROWMCOXED8----------
--FNL-000100--_C73.pdf) (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
2. "2021-22 Men's Rowing Roster: Simon van Dorp" (https://gohuskies.com/sports/mens-rowin
g/roster/simon-van-dorp/9773). Washington Huskies. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/
20210729124041/https://gohuskies.com/sports/mens-rowing/roster/simon-van-dorp/9773)
from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
External links
Simon van Dorp (https://worldrowing.com/athlete/46206) at World Rowing
Simon van Dorp (https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/simon-van-dorp) at Olympics.com
Simon van Dorp (https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/145589) at Olympedia
Simon van Dorp (https://www.teamnl.org/sporters/simon-van-dorp) at TeamNL (archive (http
s://web.archive.org/web/20231208093107/https://teamnl.org/sporters/6842-simon-van-dor
p)) (in Dutch)
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