Maaike Head

Maaike Head
Maaike Head in 2016
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro LW2x
World Championships
2013 Chungjiu LW4x
2014 Amsterdam LW4x
European Championships
2016 Brandenburg LW2x

Maaike Head (born 11 September 1983 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch rower. She competed in the lightweight double sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the latter, she won the gold medal together with Ilse Paulis.

Career

In 2016, Head and Paulis broke the world record in the lightweight double sculls.

Before rowing, she participated in speed skating, winning a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2003 World Junior Championships in Kushiro, Japan, and participating in Dutch Allround Championships.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Olympisch roeigoud oud-schaatsster Maaike Head" (in Dutch). Schaatsen.nl. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.



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