Inge Janssen

Inge Janssen (born April 20, 1989 in Voorburg ) is a Dutch rower .

Athletic career

Inge Janssen, who is 1.82 m tall, won the bronze medal in two without a helmsman at the U23 World Championships in 2011 together with Elisabeth Hogerwerf . In 2012 Inge Janssen and Elisabeth Hogewerf formed a double scull , at the 2012 Olympic Games the two rowed to eighth place.

At the European Championships 2013 Inge Janssen competed in a single and won the bronze medal, at the World Championships 2013 she took sixth place. The following year she competed with Nicole Beukers in a double scull . At the European Championships in 2014 , the two took third place, in front of a home crowd the two took seventh place at the World Championships in Amsterdam . In 2015 the Dutch double scull with Nicole Beukers, Chantal Achterberg , Inge Janssen and Carline Bouw won the silver medal at the European Championships , at theAt the 2015 World Championships, the quadruple won the bronze medal. Janssen and the Dutch double scull started the 2016 Olympic season with fourth place at the European Championships . At the 2016 Olympic Games , the Dutch women won the silver medal behind the German double four.

The Dutch quadruple with Olivia van Rooijen , Inge Janssen, Sophie Souwer and Nicole Beukers also won silver at the 2017 European Championships . In the preparatory regattas for the Rowing World Cup 2017, the quartet crossed the finish line behind the Polish four, but was able to overtake them in the finish sprint at the World Championships and thus secure the world title. Inge Janssen took a break in 2018. The following year Roos de Jong , Inge Janssen, Sophie Souwer and Olivia van Rooijen rowed in the Dutch quad scull. At the 2019 European Championships in Lucerne, the crew won silver behind the German double scull. Three months later, the Dutch women with the cast of van Rooijen, Janssen, Souwer and Nicole Beukers won bronze at the World Championships in Linz behind the Chinese and Polish women.

Inge Janssen starts for the Utrecht student rowing association Orca .

Web links

• Inge Janssen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Inge Janssen at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )