Nelleke Penninx
Petronella "Nelleke" Wilhelmina Cornelia Penninx (born September 14, 1971 in Loosdrecht ) is a former Dutch rower .
The 1.77 m tall Nelleke Penninx from the rowing club Nijmeegse student Roei Vereniging Phocas started at the 1995 World Rowing Championships in double sculls with Eeke van Nes , Irene Eijs and Anita Meiland and finished third behind the Germans and Canadians. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , she finished sixth with the Dutch double foursome. In 1997 she won the B-final at the World Championships with the double foursome and thus placed seventh overall.
Before the 1998 season changed Nelleke Panninx from Skull rowing for Sweep Rowing . At the World Championships in Cologne, she won the bronze medal in a four-man without a helmsman . In 1999, she moved to eighth and finished fourth in this boat class at the World Championships in Canada. In 2000 the Dutch eighth won the World Cup in Munich. In the final of the 2000 Olympic Games, the Dutch women won the silver medal behind the Romanian defending champions.
Web links
- Nelleke Penninx in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Nelleke Penninx at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
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| SURNAME | Penninx, Nelleke |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Penninx, Petronella Wilhelmina Cornelia (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loosdrecht |