Bjorn van den Ende (born 10 January 1986) is a Dutch representative

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. He has competed for the Netherlands as both a lightweight and heavyweight. He competed in the men's lightweight coxless four event at the

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and in the Dutch heavyweight men's eight at

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Representative rowing career

After the Rio Olympics at age 30, he switched from lightweight to heavyweight rowing. From 2017, he was seated in the Men's Eight the 'Holland 8', won silver at the

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and thus qualifying for the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo. At

the Dutch men's eight won their heat, then finished 5th in the A final for an overall fifth placing at the Olympic regatta.

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* * 1986 births Living people Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Naarden Rowers from North Holland World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub