Sjoerd Hamburger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Sjoerd Hamburger

Dutch rower

Date of Birth: 08-Feb-1983

Place of Birth: Oldeberkoop, Friesland, Netherlands

Profession: rower

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Sjoerd Hamburger

  • Sjoerd Hamburger (born 8 February 1983 in Oldeberkoop) is a rower from the Netherlands, who competes in the single scull.Hamburger was born and raised in Oldeberkoop where he played korfball and was involved in training for triathlons.
  • When he was 18 he moved to Utrecht to study and started rowing in an Eight at the Orca Rowing Club.
  • The Orca Men's Eight won a silver medal at the European Youth Championships that year.
  • In 2003 Hamburger rowed in the Orca Coxed four which came sixth at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships.
  • On the advice of his coach Peter van der Noort, Hamburger started training in the Scull and thanks to a successful performance at the Dutch National Championships he was selected to take part in the World Cup.
  • At the end of the year Hamburger won the bronze medal at the Under-23 World Championships.
  • In December 2004 he was nominated alongside Meindert Klem and Eva de Jong as a Netherlands Talent Athlete.
  • Later that month he became European Ergometer Champion.In March 2005 Hamburger was recognised as the Netherlands most talented athlete.
  • During the World Cup finals in Luzern he finished in sixth position and during the semi finals he broke the Dutch national record to scull 6:46.32.
  • Two weeks later Hamburger became World Under-23 Champion in Amsterdam.
  • At the Senior World Championships in Japan in September he reached 7th position after winning the B-final.
  • In 2006 Hamburger achieved 8th position in the World, and managed to beat his own Dutch national record.
  • During the first World Cup meeting of 2007 he came sixth in Linz.
  • With a 7th position at the second World Cup in Amsterdam he showed greater stability in his performance.
  • Thanks to a fifth position in the World Cup finals in Luzern Hamburger earned himself a nomination for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
  • The first World Cup of the 2008 season gave Hamburger an 8th spot in Munich.
  • This was followed by a 7th place in the second World Cup in Luzern.
  • After that he went to a training camp in South Korea to prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.Hamburger was also a member of the 2009-winning Oxford University Boat Club first eight that won the 155th University Boat Race on 29 March 2009.
  • A year later he became the first non-English speaking foreigner to hold the position of President of the Oxford University Boat Club but was part of the losing crew in the 156th University Boat Race on 3 April 2010.
  • He is one of the tallest rowers ever to have competed in the Boat Race, standing at 206 cm (6 feet 9.1 inches) and weighing 100 kg (15.7 stone).
  • Whilst at Oxford, Hamburger rowed in the Oriel College 1st VIII in Summer Eights, bumping Pembroke College to finish 2nd on the river.
  • At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was part of the Dutch men's eight who finished in 5th place.

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