Ronald Florijn

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Ronald Florijn in 1983

Ronald Florijn (born April 21, 1961 in Leiden ) is a former Dutch rower. He won two gold medals in three Olympics.

Athletic career

In 1977 Florijn finished fourth in a double foursome at the Match des Seniors, a forerunner of the U23 World Championships . In 1978 he and Victor Scheffers won the bronze medal in a double scull at the Junior World Championships . In 1979 he took seventh place in the one .

In 1982, 1983 and 1987 the 1.91 m tall Ronald Florijn was the Dutch champions in singles. In 1983, Florijn also started in the single at the World Championships in Duisburg and finished ninth. In 1986 in Nottingham , the Dutch double scull with Hermanus van Eerenbeemt , Ronald Florijn, Henk-Jan Zwolle and Nico Rienks reached the A-final and finished in fifth place. The following year only Florijn was left in the boat. In the line-up of Hans Keldermann , Ronald Florijn, Robbert Bakker and Jürgen Nelis , the Dutch double scull took sixth place at the 1987 World Championships in Copenhagen.

In 1988 Ronald Florijn rowed in double sculls together with Nico Rienks. At the Olympic Games in Seoul, the two won their run in front of the boat from the Federal Republic of Germany. In the semi-finals, they finished second behind the boat from the GDR but ahead of the Swiss. In the final the Swiss Beat Schwerzmann and Ueli Bodenmann proved to be the toughest opponents. Florijn and Rienks won the gold medal with 46 hundredths of a second ahead of the Swiss, behind which the boat from the Soviet Union received the bronze medal in front of the two German boats.

At the 1989 World Championships in Bled, the Norwegians Rolf Thorsen and Lars Bjønness won the double scull ahead of Florijn and Rienks. In the following year, the two Dutch finished eighth at the World Championships in Tasmania. In 1991 Rienks competed with Henk-Jan Zwolle in a double scull and won the title at the World Championships in Vienna. Florijn started there in a double scull with Rutger Arisz , Koos Maasdijk and Hans Keldermann. The crew won the bronze medal behind the boats from the Soviet Union and Italy. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​Arisz, Maasdijk, Florijn and Keldermann finished fifth, one and a half seconds behind the third-placed Italians.

In the post-Olympic year 1993, Ronald Florijn moved to the Dutch eighth . At the World Championships in Račice u Štětí in the Czech Republic, the large Dutch boat took fifth place behind the boats from Germany, Romania, the United States and Australia. In 1994 in Indianapolis , the US eight received the gold medal ahead of the Dutch with Kai Compagner , Nico Rienks, Niels van der Zwan , Jaap Krijtenburg , George van Iwaarden , Niels van Steenis , Henk-Jan Zwolle, Ronald Florijn and helmsman Jeroen Duyster . In the following year, the Germany eight won the 1995 World Championships in Tampere, ahead of the Dutch, who with one exception had competed with the crew of the previous year, only Michiel Bartman was on board for George van Iwaarden.

In 1996 the Dutch eighth won the regattas in Cologne, Duisburg and Lucerne. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, the Dutch eighth competed in the line-up of Henk-Jan Zwolle, Diederik Simon , Michiel Bartman, Koos Maasdijk, Niels van der Zwan, Niels van Steenis, Ronald Florijn, Nico Rienks and Jeroen Duyster. The Dutch won their lead ahead of the boats from Canada and Australia. In the final they won with almost two seconds ahead of Germany eighth, behind them the Russians won bronze.

Ronald Florijn rowed for the Amsterdam students Roeivereeniging NEREUS . His daughter is the rower Karolien Florijn .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 312, note 595
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 178f
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 503
  4. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 991, note 712
  5. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 838f
personal data
SURNAME Florijn, Ronald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch rower
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Suffer