| Medal record | ||
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| Men's rowing | ||
Representing the 
Netherlands
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2016 Rio de Janeiro | M8+ |
| World Championships | ||
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2009 Poznan | M8+ |
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2015 Aiguebelette | M8+ |
Olivier Siegelaar (born 24 October 1986, in Haarlem) is a rower from the Netherlands. [1]
Siegelaar qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with the Dutch eights forming a team with Olaf van Andel, Jozef Klaassen, Meindert Klem, David Kuiper, Diederik Simon, Rogier Blink, Mitchel Steenman and cox Peter Wiersum. Due to an injury Siegelaar was replaced by Reinder Lubbers during the repechages. He was back in the boat during the final and finished 4th. [1]
Siegelaar rowed in the men's eight during the 2009, 2010 and 2011 World Championships finishing 3rd, 4th and 6th respectively, before competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In a close race Siegelaar finished 5th, only 0.5 seconds off the bronze medal. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he was part of the men's eight team that won a bronze medal.
During his rowing career, Siegelaar pursued a degree in Mechanical Engineering between 2009 and 2013 at the University of California, Berkeley, where he competed for the Cal Golden Bears. He rowed three times (2009, 2010, 2011) in the Varsity eight during the IRA National Championships and won silver, gold and bronze respectively.
After the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Siegelaar earned a Master of Business Administration at Saïd Business School in Oxford and in the same year won The Boat Race for OUBC.
References
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"Athlete biography: Olivier Siegelaar". Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Dutch male rowers
- Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rowers for the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Haarlem
- Rowers from North Holland
- 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
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Alumni of Saïd Business School
- 20th-century Dutch people
- 21st-century Dutch people
- Dutch rowing biography stubs
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's rowing | ||
| Representing the
Netherlands
| ||
| Olympic Games | ||
|
2016 Rio de Janeiro | M8+ |
| World Championships | ||
|
2009 Poznan | M8+ |
|
2015 Aiguebelette | M8+ |
Olivier Siegelaar (born 24 October 1986, in Haarlem) is a rower from the Netherlands. [1]
Siegelaar qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with the Dutch eights forming a team with Olaf van Andel, Jozef Klaassen, Meindert Klem, David Kuiper, Diederik Simon, Rogier Blink, Mitchel Steenman and cox Peter Wiersum. Due to an injury Siegelaar was replaced by Reinder Lubbers during the repechages. He was back in the boat during the final and finished 4th. [1]
Siegelaar rowed in the men's eight during the 2009, 2010 and 2011 World Championships finishing 3rd, 4th and 6th respectively, before competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In a close race Siegelaar finished 5th, only 0.5 seconds off the bronze medal. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he was part of the men's eight team that won a bronze medal.
During his rowing career, Siegelaar pursued a degree in Mechanical Engineering between 2009 and 2013 at the University of California, Berkeley, where he competed for the Cal Golden Bears. He rowed three times (2009, 2010, 2011) in the Varsity eight during the IRA National Championships and won silver, gold and bronze respectively.
After the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Siegelaar earned a Master of Business Administration at Saïd Business School in Oxford and in the same year won The Boat Race for OUBC.
References
- ^
a
b
"Athlete biography: Olivier Siegelaar". Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link), beijing2008.cn, ret: 14 August 2008
| This biographical article relating to Dutch rowing is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Dutch male rowers
- Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rowers for the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Haarlem
- Rowers from North Holland
- 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
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Alumni of Saïd Business School
- 20th-century Dutch people
- 21st-century Dutch people
- Dutch rowing biography stubs