Haren, Groningen
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Haren is a commuting town with many ...
) is a
rower
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from the
Netherlands
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.Athlete biography: Annemiek de Haan beijing2008.cn, ret: 8 August 2008
De Haan started rowing in 1999 and made her international debut in the four at the 1999 Junior World Championships in
Plovdiv
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. Together with Melina Bus, Anja Mourik and Mirthe Kamp she won the bronze medal. The following years De Haan was not that successful in rowing anymore, but she returned for the 2002 Under-23 World Championships in
Genoa
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in the double sculls with
Sarah Siegelaar
Sarah Siegelaar (born 4 October 1981 in Amsterdam) is a rower from the Netherlands. A year later in
Belgrade
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she formed a fours boat with Kamp, Susan van Kuijeren and Mette Beugelsdijk to claim another fifth place at the World Championships. As of 2004 she started participating in the
Rowing World Cup
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circuit on senior level and she rowed to a fourth position in the fours with
Marlies Smulders
Marlies Smulders (born 22 February 1982 in Amstelveen) is a rower from the Netherlands.
, Froukje Wegman and Hurnet Dekkers. Later in the year she took part in the Dutch eights that got to the fourth place in the World Cup in
Munich
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, they qualified for the
2004 Summer Olympics
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and won the bronze medal there. The team existed of De Haan, Froukje Wegman, Marlies Smulders,
Nienke Hommes
Nienke Hommes (; born 20 February 1977 in Haarlem
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, Hurnet Dekkers,
Annemarieke van Rumpt
Annemarieke van Rumpt (born 29 April 1980 in Middelharnis) is a rower from the Netherlands.
Van Rumpt took part in the World Championships of 2003 in Milan winning the silver medal in the four. With the Dutch eights she qualified for the 200 ...
, Sarah Siegelaar,
Helen Tanger
Helen Tanger (born 22 August 1978 in Hardenberg) is a rower from the Netherlands.Ester Workel
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.
In 2005 it was time to start with the new Dutch eights project. The team existing of De Haan, Sanne Beukers, Nienke Hommes, Hurnet Dekkers, Annemarieke van Rumpt, Laura Posthuma,
Femke Dekker
Femke Dekker (; born 11 July 1979) is a Dutch rower from the Netherlands.
Dekker started rowing in 1990 and made her international debut in the double sculls at the 1995 Junior World Championships in Poznań. Together with Christel Rijnten sh ...
, Helen Tanger and Ester Workel managed to row to the second spot at the World Cup meeting in Munich straight away. With Marlies Smulders instead of Hommes they reached the same spot in Luzern. Hommes returned to the team instead of Smulders for the World Championships, while Beukers was replaced by Nienke Dekkers. This team dropped down one place and won the bronze medal. In 2006 De Haan remained in the eights and they rowed to a fifth position at the World Championships in
Eton
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. Together with Van Rumpt she also achieved a third place in the World Cup in Luzern.
She returned to the eights in 2007 rowing to two third positions in the World Cup in
Linz
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and Luzern as well as the first place in
Amsterdam
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with
Jacobine Veenhoven
Jacobine Veenhoven (born 30 January 1984, Laren, North Holland, Laren) is a Dutch female rower. She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's eight, women's eight event.
Refer ...
, Smulders, Hurnet Dekkers, Van Rumpt,
Roline Repelaer van Driel
Roline Repelaer van Driel (born 28 July 1984 in Amsterdam) is a rower from the Netherlands.
, Sarah Siegelaar, Dekker and Workel. Then at the World Championships in Munich the team failed to achieve the A-final and had to be satisfied with the 7th position overall. In 2008 the team tried to qualify for the
2008 Summer Olympics
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and at the first World Cup in Munich Veenhoven was replaced by Nienke Dekkers while Hurnet Dekkers was replaced by
Nienke Kingma
Nienke Kingma (; born 12 February 1982 in Driebergen) is a rower from the Netherlands.
Kingma took part in the World Championships of 2006 in the fours finishing fifth in Eton. A year later at the World Championships in Munich she was par ...
; they finished in fourth position. Helen Tanger replaced Nienke Dekkers in the second meeting held in Luzern and another fourth position was achieved. This also meant the Olympic qualification was accomplished. At the 2008 Olympics, the Dutch team containing de Haan won the silver medal.
After qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics, de Haan was in the Dutch boat that won the bronze medal.