Gerrityan Eggenkamp ( Dutch: Gerritjan Eggenkamp ; November 14, 1975 - Leiden ) - Dutch athlete, rower. Silver medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics [1] . He is a co-opted member of the Council of the International Rowing Federation [2] .
| Gerritian Eggenkamp | |
|---|---|
| niderl. Gerritjan eggenkamp | |
| personal information | |
| Floor | male |
| A country |  Netherlands |
| Specialization | eights |
| Club | "Proteus Eretes" |
| Date of Birth | November 14, 1975 (43 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Leiden |
| Sports career | 1990 - |
| Growth | 196 cm |
| Weight | 93 kg |
Biography
Gerritian Eggenkamp was born on November 14, 1975 in the Dutch city of Leiden, South Holland . He trained at the base of the Proteus Eretes club, Delft . He began his professional career as a rower since 1990. He studied at Delft University (Master's degree in Applied Computer Science) and Oxford University (Master's in Research Management) [3] . In 2009, he was appointed a member of the board and executive committee of the Alliance of the Olympic Torch 2028 ( Dutch de Alliantie Olympisch Vuur 2028 ). The tasks of this alliance included popularizing the Olympic Games in the Netherlands, as well as preparing the country to host the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. Subsequently, the country abandoned this idea [4] . Until 2012, for eight years he worked at McKinsey & Company, where he was responsible for strategic and corporate financial projects. In 2012, he joined the investment company Avedon Capital Partners [3] .
The first competition in his rowing career in the international arena was the 1993 World Junior Rowing Championship, which took place in Norway on Lake Orungen in . During the final swim of the FB group, his team finished third with a score of 06: 14.480 and dropped out of the further fight for medals [5] .
Mencha’s only Olympic medal was won at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens . As part of the eight with the steering, his team came second in the final race. With a result of 5: 43.75, they won a silver set of awards, losing the championship to rivals from the USA (5: 42.48 - 1st place) [6] [7] [8] .
Notes
- ↑ Great Olympic Encyclopedia. Volume 2. O – I / Collective of authors. - Litres, 2017 .-- S. 406. - 969 p. - ISBN 9785040498116 . Archived February 3, 2018.
- ↑ FISA - worldrowing.com www.worldrowing.com. Date of treatment January 23, 2018. Archived on February 3, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 Gerritjan Eggenkamp promoted to partner at Avedon Capital Partners , Private Equity Wire (February 1, 2016). Date of treatment January 23, 2018.
- ↑ 5 vragen aan Gerritjan Eggenkamp, dagelijks bestuurslid van Olympisch Vuur 2028 - Sport Knowhow XL . www.sportknowhowxl.nl. Date of treatment January 23, 2018. Archived January 24, 2018.
- ↑ Events - worldrowing.com www.worldrowing.com. Date of treatment January 23, 2018. Archived on February 3, 2018.
- ↑ Men's Eight with coxswain (M8) - 22th August . Rowing - 2004 Olympic Games - Results Men . The-sports.org (2000-2015). Archived on August 22, 2014.
- ↑ Olympic Scoreboard (Russian) , SPORT.UA . Archived February 3, 2018. Date of treatment January 22, 2018.
- ↑ Results of the 2004 Olympics, Athens (Greece) / Rowing . olympiady.ru . Archived February 3, 2018.
Links
- Gerrityan Eggenkamp - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Gerrityan Eggenkamp - profile on Worldrowing