Inge Janssen (born 20 April 1989) is a Dutch rower. A world champion in the women's four, she was part of the Dutch quadruple sculls that won silver at the

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and competed in the

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at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is a 2010 graduate from the

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Career

At the 2011 World Under 23 Championship, she won bronze with

Ellen Hogerwerf Elisabeth Wilhelmina "Ellen" Hogerwerf (born 10 February 1989) is a Dutch rower. She is a three time Olympian and an Olympic silver medalist in the coxless four at Tokyo 2020. Hogerwerf placed eighth in the double sculls at the 2012 Olympics ...

. At the 2013 European Championships, Janssen won bronze in the women's single sculls, while at the 2014 European Championships, she won the bronze in the women's double sculls with Nicole Beukers. Between 2014 and 2015, Janssen switched to the quadruple sculls. In 2015, Janssen, Chantal Achterberg, Nicole Beukers and

Carline Bouw Carline Bouw (born 14 December 1984 in Epe) is a Dutch rower. References * 1984 births Living people Dutch female rowers People from Epe, Netherlands Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic ro ...

won bronze at the

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and silver at the

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. At the 2016 Olympics, Janssen, Chantal Achterberg, Nicole Beukers and Carline Bouw won silver in the women's quadruple sculls. She won the women's quadruple sculls at the 2017 World Championship with

Olivia van Rooijen Olivia van Rooijen (born 29 October 1988) is a Dutch rower. She won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships and two silver medals at the European championships in 2015–2016. She placed sixth in the women's eight at the 2016 Summer Olym ...

, Sophie Souwer and Nicole Beukers. That year, the team also won European silver.

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* * 1989 births Living people Dutch female rowers Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of the Netherlands Sportspeople from Voorburg World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics University of Virginia alumni 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub