Chantal Achterberg

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Chantal Achterberg (born April 16, 1985 in Vlaardingen ) is a former Dutch rower who was eighth in the 2012 Olympics .

Athletic career

Chantal Achterberg from the Delft rowing club Proteus-Eretes started rowing in 2004. At the U23 World Championships in 2007, she finished fifth with the Dutch four-man without a helmsman . In 2009 she moved up to the Dutch eighth. At the 2009 World Championships, the Olympic champions from the United States won, behind the Romanians, the Dutch took third place. In addition, Chantal Achterberg, Nienke Kingma , Carline Bouw and Femke Dekker , all of whom also started in eighth, won the title in the non-Olympic boat class four without helmsman at the 2009 and 2010 World Championships . The Romanians won the European Championships in 2010 in eighth place ahead of the Dutch women , at the World Championships in 2010 and 2011 the Dutch eighth came in fifth. When she first took part in the Olympics, Achterberg won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games with the Dutch eighth in the line-up Jacobine Veenhoven , Nienke Kingma, Chantal Achterberg, Sytske de Groot , Roline Repelaer van Driel , Claudia Belderbos , Carline Bouw, Annemiek de Haan and helmsman Anne Schellekens 2012 .

In 2013 Achterberg switched to sculling boats and finished fourth at the 2013 World Championships with a double scull . The following year, Chantal Achterberg won the silver medal at the European Championships in a single behind the Czech Miroslava Knapková . At the 2014 World Championships in Amsterdam, Achterberg achieved seventh place with the double scull. In 2015, Achterberg also started at the European Championships in quadruples, the Dutch women won the silver medal behind the German boat. At the 2015 World Championships , the US double scull won ahead of the German boat and the Dutch women. After finishing fourth at the 2016 European Championships , Achterberg, Nicole Beukers , Inge Janssen and Carline Bouw won the silver medal behind the German double scull at the 2016 Olympic Games .

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SURNAME Achterberg, Chantal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch rower
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Vlaardingen