Ivo Snijders (born 9 September 1980 in

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) is a rower from the

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.Athlete biography: Ivo Snijders
beijing2008.cn, ret: 7 August 2008 Snijders started rowing in 1995 and made his international senior debut in the lightweight fours at the 2000 World Championships in

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. Together with

Gerard van der Linden Gerard van der Linden (born 29 December 1981 in Rotterdam) is a rower from the Netherlands.

, Dylan van der Linde and Coen Eggenkamp he finished on the 9th position. Without Van der Linden, but with

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they improved their result to a fifth position in the 2001

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meeting in

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. The quartet finished in 7th position at the World Championships in

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after winning the B-final. In 2002 Snijders totally focused on the lightweight double sculls together with Gerard van der Linden. They became ninth and seventh in the World Cup meetings in

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and Luzern before winning the silver medal at the Under-23 World Championships. At the senior World Championships in

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they became 10th. Snijders, Van der Linden,

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as well as Joeri de Groot started a new adventure in the lightweight coxless fours in 2003, finishing second in the Munich World Cup and fourth in Luzern. These pre tournament results earned them a place for the World Championships in

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where they won the silver medal. Their next aim was to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics and with a seventh place in

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, a fourth in Munich and a fifth in Luzern they succeeded and they could pack their bags for

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. They aimed for a medal at the Olympics, but came just short and had to be satisfied with a fourth place. Snijders decided to stop with rowing, but made a comeback in 2007 when he entered a lightweight fours boat with

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and Gerard van der Linden in

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where they finished in fourth position. With Roeland Lievens and Paul1 Drewes as replacements of Blankert and Greidanus they improved their result to a third place in Luzern and they created some high expectations for the World Championships in Munich. They could not keep up with the expectations and only finished in a tenth position in

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. For the 2008 season he rowed with Greidanus, Van der Linden and

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they rowed to a fifth place, which meant qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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