Bente Paulis
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Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Leiderdorp, Netherlands | 14 February 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bente Paulis (born 14 February 1997) is a Dutch rower. She won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the quadruple sculls.
Career
[edit]At the 2022 European Rowing Championships in Munich, she won a silver medal in the women's quadruple sculls.[2] At the 2022 World Rowing Championships held in the Czech Republic, she also won a silver medal.[3]
The following year, in 2023, Paulis also won silver in the quadruple sculls at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.[4][5]
She was part of the Dutch four that placed second at the first two World Cup events of 2024. She was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[6]
Personal life
[edit]She is the younger sister of rower and former Olympic champion Ilse Paulis.[7] Their youngest sister Femke is also a rower and has competed in three junior world championships.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bente Paulis". World Rowing. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ van Lakerveld, Erik (13 August 2022). "Rowers too tired for gold at European Championships: 'It's a nice in-between'". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Four medals for Dutch rowers at World Championships in the Czech Republic: three silver, one bronze". NOS (in Dutch). 24 September 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands rowing teams qualify for the Olympics". nltimes.nl. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Silver for women's double four, second behind world champion Great Britain". NOS (in Dutch). 9 September 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Deggeller, Marc (25 July 2024). "Interview with Bente Paulis and Tessa Dullemans: "In the Netherlands you can compete with the best in the world"". nlroei.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Kooijman, Steven (24 September 2022). "In navolging van legendarische zus beklimt roeister Bente Paulis nu ook het WK podium". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "World Rowing - Dutch triple rowing threat – The Paulis sisters". World Rowing. Retrieved 10 August 2024.