KNAB Ruben

Date of Birth: 19 Feb 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Place of birth: EDE

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	4-
2012	London, GBR	5

World Championships

Year	Location	4-	8+
2019	Linz, AUT	-	2
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	-	7
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	-	4
2014	Amsterdam, NED	-	8
2013	Chungju, KOR	-	5
2011	Bled, SLO	6	-

European Championships

Year	Location	8+
2021	Varese, ITA	3
2020	Poznan, POL	3
2019	Lucerne, SUI	3
2018	Glasgow, GBR	2
2017	Racice, CZE	3

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Four	2018	Belgrade, SRB	5:51.05
1	Eight	2017	Belgrade, SRB	5:30.98
3	Eight	2021	Lucerne, SUI	5:31.12
3	Eight	2018	Lucerne, SUI	5:33.72
3	Eight	2018	Linz, AUT	5:29.37
3	Eight	2017	Lucerne, SUI	5:28.14
4	Eight	2019	Rotterdam, NED	5:54.37
4	Four	2017	Belgrade, SRB	6:14.18

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

Painting miniatures. (Instagram profile, 07 Apr 2020)

Occupation:

Medicine - Amsterdam University, Netherlands

Languages spoken:

ASR Nereus [Amsterdam, NED]

Mark Emke [national]

He began rowing in 2006 after he started studying medicine in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Prior to that he had played football and basketball. (edestad.nl, 18 May 2011; hollandacht.nl, 01 Jan 2020)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (gelderlander.nl, 19 Feb 2020)

He trains seven days a week for a total of 30 hours. (gelderlander.nl, 19 Feb 2020)

Philosophy:

"In my experience there is no such thing as luck." (hollandacht.nl, 01 Jan 2020)

General Interest

General
LONDON TO RIO TO TOKYO
He struggled with motivation following the 2012 Olympic Games in London, but being a reserve for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro rekindled his desire and set him on a path to the Olympic Games in 2020. "After London I had a very hard time. How do I organise my life as an athlete? As a top athlete I lead a unique life. I train 30 hours a week, have to recover, I have sponsorship obligations and we are involved in team building. Then I'm exhausted. It is busier than a 40-hour working week for an average Dutch person. I practise seven days a week. When my girlfriend asks if we're going to do something fun, I often have no energy whatsoever. But after Rio I started really looking forward to competing at the Olympics again. I knew what I wanted, so I was able to start the journey to Tokyo with a renewed sense of energy." (gelderlander.nl, 19 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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