Peter Wiersum
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Men's rowing | ||
Representing the Netherlands | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2016 Rio de Janeiro | M8+ | |
World Championships | ||
2007 Munich | LM8+ | |
2015 Aiguebelette | M8+ |
Peter Wiersum (born 1 November 1984 in Sutton Coldfield) is a Dutch former rowing coxswain.[1] He is a three-time Olympian and won a world championship title in 2007.
He competed in the 2007 World Rowing Championships in Munich and steered the Dutch lightweight eights to the World title.[1] He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with the Dutch eight made up by Olaf van Andel, Rogier Blink, Jozef Klaassen, Meindert Klem, David Kuiper, Diederik Simon, Olivier Siegelaar and Mitchel Steenman. Due to an injury, Siegelaar was replaced by Reinder Lubbers during the tournament.[1]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he coxed the Dutch men's eight that won a bronze medal.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Athlete Biography: WIERSUM Peter". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
Categories:
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Dutch male rowers
- Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rowers for the Netherlands
- Dutch coxswains (rowing)
- Sportspeople from Sutton Coldfield
- World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands
- Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Dutch rowing biography stubs