Ruben Knab

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Ruben Abel Knab (born February 19, 1988 in Ede ) is a Dutch rower who was second in the 2019 world championship with an eighth .

Athletic career

The approximately 1.92 m tall Ruben Knab took ninth place with the Dutch eighth at the U23 World Championships in 2008, in 2009 he reached seventh place with the four-man with helmsman and in 2010 he came 14th with the double- four . At the 2011 World Championships in Bled, the Dutch four-man without a helmsman took sixth place in the line-up of Meindest Klem , Ruben Knab, Kaj Hendriks and Jozef Klaassen . A year later, the Dutch foursome with Kaj Hendriks, Boaz Meylink , Ruben Knab and Mechiel Versluis came fifth at the Olympic Games in London .

Ruben Knab won his first international medal at the 2013 European Championships in Seville. Behind the Germany eighth and the Poles, the Dutch eighth rowed the bronze medal with Sjoerd de Groot , Ruben Knab, Gerbren Spoelstra , Thomas Doornbos , Vincent van der Want , Boudewijn Röell , David Kuiper , Govert Viergever and helmsman Peter Wiersum . Three months later, the Dutch finished fifth at the 2013 World Championships . The following year, the Dutch eighth missed the A-final at the European Championships in 2014 and finished seventh. In front of a home crowd, he came eighth at the World Championships in Amsterdam . In 2015 Ruben Knab competed in a double scull , in 2016 he tried in vain to qualify for the Olympic Games in a double without a helmsman .

In 2017 at the European Championships in Račice u Štětí , Knab rowed eighth again and, as in 2013, reached third place behind the Germany eighth and the Poles, the eighth consisted of Boaz Meylink, Kaj Hendriks, Tone Wieten , Roel Braas , Ruben Knab and Mechiel Versluis , Robert Lücken , Björn van den Ende and helmsman Diederik van Engelenburg . In the same line-up, the Dutch eighth finished fourth at the 2017 World Championships . In 2018 at the European Championships in Glasgow the Germany eight won ahead of the Dutch, who were Vincent van der Want, Boudewijn Röell, Maarten Hurkmans , Simon van Dorp , Mechiel Versluis, Ruben Knab, Lex van den Herik , Freek Robbers and Diederik van Engelenburg took up. In the same line-up, the Dutch eighth came in seventh at the 2018 World Championships . In 2019, the Dutch eight with Vincent van der Want, Boudewijn Röell, Jasper Tissen , Ruben Knab, Mechiel Versluis, Bram Schwarz , Bjorn van den Ende, Robert Lücken and helmsman Aranka Kops won bronze behind the Germans and the British at the European Championships in Lucerne. At the World Championships, the Germans won ahead of the Dutch and the British, with the Dutch eighth in the line-up being Bjorn van den Ende, Ruben Knab, Jasper Tissen, Simon van Dorp, Maarten Hurkmans, Bram Schwarz, Mechiel Versluis, Robert Lücken and Aranka Kops .

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personal data
SURNAME Knab, Ruben
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knab, Ruben Abel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch rower
DATE OF BIRTH 19th February 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Ede