van den ENDE Bjorn

Date of Birth: 10 Jan 1986

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Place of birth: NAARDEN

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Place of residence : AMSTERDAM

Residence Country:

Netherlands

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Men's Eight NED Netherlands	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Eight Heat 2 #60	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Eight Final A #130	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	L4-
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	11

World Championships

Year	Location	4-	L2x	L4-	8+
2019	Linz, AUT	-	-	-	2
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	4	-	-	-
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	-	-	-	4
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	-	-	5	-
2014	Amsterdam, NED	-	-	6	-
2013	Chungju, KOR	-	-	12	-
2011	Bled, SLO	-	21	-	-

World Championships Non-Olympic Events

Year	Location	L8+
2012	Plovdiv, BUL	7

European Championships

Year	Location	4-	8+
2021	Varese, ITA	-	3
2020	Poznan, POL	-	3
2019	Lucerne, SUI	-	3
2018	Glasgow, GBR	5	-
2017	Racice, CZE	-	3

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Four	2018	Belgrade, SRB	5:51.05
2	Four	2018	Lucerne, SUI	5:55.14
3	Eight	2021	Lucerne, SUI	5:31.12
3	Eight	2017	Lucerne, SUI	5:28.14
4	Eight	2019	Rotterdam, NED	5:54.37
4	Four	2017	Belgrade, SRB	6:14.18
11	Four	2018	Linz, AUT	6:08.74

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Occupation:

Economics, Marketing, Sports Management - Johan Cruyff Institute Amsterdam, Netherlands

Languages spoken:

Mark Emke [national], NED

Sporting relatives:

His cousin Tim Heijbrock has represented the Netherlands in rowing. He competed in the lightweight four at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (skoll.nl, 15 Jun 2015; SportsDeskOnline, 05 Feb 2020)

He took up rowing in 2000 in Almere, Netherlands. (roeien.nl, 07 Aug 2014; volkskrant.nl, 19 May 2012)

He and his cousin Tim Heijbrock were introduced to the sport at RV Pampus in Almere, Netherlands. "As a young boy I rowed at Pampus. Then I began admiring the Holland Acht [the Dutch rowing team]." (nlroei.nl, 01 Jun 2017; volkskrant.nl, 19 May 2012)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (redbull.com, 08 Mar 2019)

Dutch rower Tim Heijbrock [his cousin]. (skoll.nl, 15 Jun 2015)

Philosophy:

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." [Michael Jordan] (hollandacht.nl, 01 Jan 2020)

General Interest

General
SWITCHING WEIGHTS
He began his career as a heavyweight rower before a coach at AASR Skoll encouraged him to switch to the lightweight class in 2007. He switched back to competing in the heavyweight class in 2017. "As a light rower, I never had a hard time gaining weight. It brought a different dimension to competitions. In the run-up to a competition, one day I sometimes ate no more than six pancakes and a protein bar to lose half a kilo. That is now changing. It's a bit more relaxed." (volkskrant.nl, 19 May 2012; skoll.nl, 24 Feb 2014; skoll.nl, 15 Jun 2015; hollandacht.nl, 01 Jan 2020; volkskrant.nl, 24 Apr 2017)

OTHER STUDIES
He has also studied marketing at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. (Facebook profile, 30 May 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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