Maaike Head
Dutch rower (born 1983)
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Maaike Head (born 11 September 1983 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch rower. She competed in the lightweight double sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the latter, she won the gold medal together with Ilse Paulis.
Career
In 2016, Head and Paulis broke the world record in the lightweight double sculls.
Before rowing, she participated in speed skating, winning a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2003 World Junior Championships in Kushiro, Japan, and participating in Dutch Allround Championships.[1]
References
- ^ "Olympisch roeigoud oud-schaatsster Maaike Head" (in Dutch). Schaatsen.nl. August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
External links
- Maaike Head at World Rowing
- Maaike Head at Olympedia
- Maaike Head at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Maaike Head at Olympics.com
- Maaike Head at Olympic.org (archived)
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Olympic champions – Women's lightweight double sculls
- 1996:
Constanța Burcică & Camelia Macoviciuc (ROU) - 2000: Constanța Burcică & Angela Alupei (ROU)
- 2004: Constanța Burcică & Angela Alupei (ROU)
- 2008:
Kirsten van der Kolk & Marit van Eupen (NED) - 2012:
Katherine Copeland & Sophie Hosking (GBR) - 2016: Ilse Paulis & Maaike Head (NED)
- 2020:
Valentina Rodini & Federica Cesarini (ITA)
Since 1984 and, after 1996 in non-Olympic years, this boat class has been a World Championships event; see World champions – Lightweight women's double sculls
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