Roos de Jong (born 23 August 1993) is a Dutch

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

. She won the bronze medal at the

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in the double sculls event together with Lisa Scheenaard, whom she has rowed with since 2017. She has also won a medal at the

2019 World Rowing Championships The 2019 World Rowing Championships were held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019. Apart from Ottensheim, the right to host the championships was contested by Hamburg in Germany, Račice (Litoměřice District), Račice in ...

. In addition to rowing, De Jong also has a passion for design. She, along with Bjorn van den Ende, designed the rowing unisuit worn by the Dutch national team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. She went into isolation, after a coach and team mate tested positive for

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* * 1993 births Living people Dutch female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands European Rowing Championships medalists Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Rowers from Haarlem Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub