Mechiel Versluis
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| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 July 1987 Ooststellingwerf, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Coxless four, Eight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | London 2012 M4- Tokyo 2016 M8+ Tokyo 2020 M8+ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mechiel Versluis (born 29 July 1987) is a Dutch representative rower. He is a three time Olympian, an Olympic bronze medallist and was a world and European champion in 2013 in the coxless four
He finished fifth in the coxless four at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he was part of the men's eight team that won a bronze medal. He won a medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.[1]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Mechiel Versluis at World Rowing
- Mechiel Versluis at Olympedia (archive)
- Mechiel Versluis at Olympics.com
- Mechiel Versluis at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
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- 1987 births
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- Dutch male rowers
- Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rowers for the Netherlands
- People from Ooststellingwerf
- Sportspeople from Friesland
- 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
- Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen
- 20th-century Dutch people
- Dutch rowing biography stubs