Melvin Twellaar
Twellaar in Račice, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 December 1996 Den Horn, Netherlands[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Melvin Twellaar (born 23 December 1996) is a Dutch rower – an Olympian and a 2023 world champion. With Stef Broenink, he won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the double sculls event.[2][3] He was still rowing the double scull with Broenink when they won gold in that boat at the 2023 World Rowing Championships.
References
- ^ Elderman, Henk (15 July 2021). "Roeier Twellaar wil op zout water in Tokio medaille pakken". RTV Noord (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Profile – Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympic.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ Tennery, Amy (28 July 2021). "Rowing-Netherlands, China win in world best times in speedy day of competition". Reuters. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
External links
- Melvin Twellaar at World Rowing
- Melvin Twellaar at Olympics.com
- Melvin Twellaar at Olympedia
- Melvin Twellaar at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)