Ronald Florijn
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| File:Ronald Florijn 1983.jpg Ronald Florijn in 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 April 1961 Leiden, the Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Leiden University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Karolien Florijn, Finn Florijn, Beer Florijn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | R.S.V.U. Okeanos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ronald Florijn (born 21 April 1961) is a former rower from the Netherlands and two-time Olympic gold medallist.
Florijn won the gold medal in the men's double sculls at the 1988 Summer Olympics, alongside Nico Rienks. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, he repeated his gold medal performance winning the eight with coxswain event with the Holland Acht (Holland Eight).[1] He also won five medals at the world championships in 1978–1995 in double, four and eight-manned boat races.[2]
He studied industrial and organizational psychology at the Leiden University and then worked for Arbo Unie, one of the biggest occupational health organizations in the Netherlands.[3] Since 2004 he runs his own company. He is a knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
References
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Categories:
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Dutch male rowers
- Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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- Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Rowers from Leiden
- Rowers from South Holland
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen
- 21st-century Dutch people
- Leiden University alumni
- Dutch rowing Olympic medalist stubs