Helen Tanger (born 22 August 1978 in

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) is a

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from the

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.Athlete biography: Helen Tanger
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Early life and education

Tanger is a graduate of

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, earning her degree in 2001.

Athletic career

Tanger took part in the World Championships of 2003 in

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winning the silver medal in the four. With the Dutch eights she qualified for the

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and she and her team mates rowed to the bronze medal. They won another bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in

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. A short trip to the double sculls in 2005 left her at the fifth position at the 2006 World Championships in Eton. In 2008, she returned to the eights and she qualified for the

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forming a team with

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, Annemiek de Haan,

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, Nienke Kingma, Sarah Siegelaar, Marlies Smulders, Annemarieke van Rumpt and cox

Ester Workel Ester Workel (born 18 March 1975 in Enschede) is a rowing cox from the Netherlands.

References

1978 births Living people Dutch female rowers Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in rowing Sportspeople from Hardenberg Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch women Syracuse Orange women's rowers 21st-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub