Veronique Meester

Veronique Meester (born April 7, 1995 ) is a Dutch rower .

Athletic career

At the U23 World Championships in 2016, Veronique Meester together with Hermijntje Drenth , Eline Feitsma and Ymkje Clevering took third place in the four without a helmsman . In 2017, Meester and Clevering competed with the Dutch eighth at the European Championships in Račice u Štětí and won the silver medal behind the Romanians. At the U23 World Championships in 2017, together with Elsbeth Beeres , Karolien Florijn and Veronique Meester, she won the four-man title in front of the boats from Romania and Germany. At the end of the season, the Dutch eighth finished sixth at the World Championships in Sarasota .

At the start of the 2018 season, Meester competed in the World Cup regatta in Belgrade both in a four-man without a helmsman and in a eight-man, finished second in the four-man and won in eight. In Linz she only competed with eighth and won, then she ended the season. In 2019, a foursome without a helmsman in the line-up of Elisabeth Hogerwerf , Karolien Florijn, Ymkje Clevering and Veronique Meester competed at the European Championships in Lucerne and won the gold medal ahead of the Romanians. Three months later, at the World Championships in Linz, the Dutch women won silver behind the Australians.

Web links

• Veronique Meester at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )