Michiel Bartman

Michiel Bernhard Emiel Marie Bartman (born May 19, 1967 in Haarlemmermeer ) is a former Dutch rower , in 1996 he was Olympic champion with the eighth .

successes

Bartman began rowing in 1983. In 1993 he took part in the rowing world championships for the first time in a four-man with a helmsman and finished in seventh place. In 1994 in Indianapolis , the Dutch four-man with helmsman won the bronze medal. In 1995 Bartman moved to eighth, who finished second behind the Germany eighth at the 1995 World Rowing Championships . In 1996, the Dutch eighth won gold at the Olympic regatta in Atlanta with Henk-Jan Zwolle as bowman, Diederik Simon , Michiel Bartman, Koos Maasdijk , Niels van der Zwan , Niels van Steenis , Ronald Florijn , Nico Rienks as batsman and helmsman Jeroen Duyster .

In 1997 Bartman from Sweep Rowing for Skull in the 1997 World Rowing Championships , he finished with the quadruple sculls seventh. In 1998 Bartman rowed with Derk Fontein in double sculls , and at the 1998 World Rowing Championships they both finished 13th. The following year Bartman was back in the quadruple scull, which reached fourth place at the 1999 World Rowing Championships . At the 2000 Olympic regatta in Sydney , Jochem Verberne , Dirk Lippits , Diederik Simon and Michiel Bartman won silver behind the Italian quad and ahead of the German boat. In the following year at the rowing world championships in 2001 the German double foursome won ahead of the Dutch and the Italians, while Geert Cirkel , Lippits, Simon and Bartman sat in the Dutch foursome . In 2002 Cirkel, Simon and Bartman switched to the four without a helmsman and together with Matthijs Vellenga took fifth place at the world championships . In 2003 Cirkel, Simon and Bartman competed again in the double fours, but only reached the last place in the B final at the World Championships . In 2004 Simon and Bartman returned to eight years after their Olympic victory and won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics behind the US eight .

After the Olympic Games in 2004, Bartman ended his active career and became a rowing coach in the United States, where he worked for the Vesper Boat Club and Harvard University over the next few years .

Web links

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