UITTENBOGAARD Lucas Theodoor Dirk

Netherlands
Rowing
8 May 1990
31
Male

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ROW Rowing Men's Quadruple Sculls
NED
Netherlands
 1 Gold Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Quadruple Sculls Heat 1
#19
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Quadruple Sculls Final A
#85
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocation8+
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA3

World Championships
YearLocation2x4x8+
2019Linz, AUT-1-
2018Plovdiv, BUL-5-
2015Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA--3
2014Amsterdam, NED14--
2013Chungju, KOR-8-

European Championships
YearLocation4x
2021Varese, ITA2
2020Poznan, POL1
2019Lucerne, SUI1
2018Glasgow, GBR5

World Cup
RankEventYearLocationResult
1Quadruple Sculls2021Lucerne, SUI5:48.39
2Quadruple Sculls2018Lucerne, SUI5:44.99
2Quadruple Sculls2018Linz, AUT5:42.04
3Quadruple Sculls2019Rotterdam, NED6:02.00
4Double Sculls2018Belgrade, SRB6:11.26
4Pair2017Poznan, POL6:23.81
5Pair2017Lucerne, SUI6:52.62


Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded
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Playing piano. (worldrowing.com, 01 Sep 2019)
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Athlete
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Chemistry - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Dutch
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Mark Emke [national], NED; Eelco Meenhorst [national], NED
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He first tried rowing in 2002 at Amsterdams Lyceum school in the Netherlands. (roeien.nl, Jul 2010)
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He initially played football at school before his geography teacher encouraged him to try rowing. "In football, I was used to everyone muttering at each other all the time. The rowing world was much nicer, with all nice competitors." (volkskrant.nl, 25 Aug 2019; roeien.nl, Jul 2010)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (volkskrant.nl, 25 Aug 2019)

General Interest

General
OLYMPIC PROMISE
Following the death of his rowing teammate Daan Bruhl in 2010, he vowed to honour him by winning a gold medal at the Olympic Games. "We both do well, complement each other and make plans together. And then all of a sudden it's gone. That was intense, emotional and very difficult. Someone immediately told me that I would regret that promise. I don't. It was just a very emotional moment." (volkskrant.nl, 25 Aug 2019)

IMPROVED MENTAL GAME
In 2018 he began working with a sports psychologist and decided to stop using social media in order to improve his mental approach to the sport. "[Dutch speed skater] Kjeld Nuis once said, 'If I skate my best race, others will have a hard time'. That way of thinking inspired me and coincidentally my girlfriend had been working with a mental coach for some time. Social media does everything to attract your attention, and I want to avoid anything that draws my attention away from what I want to achieve, namely Olympic gold." (volkskrant.nl, 25 Aug 2019)

OTHER STUDIES
He has also studied for a master's degree in engineering at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. (sc.tudelft.nl, 02 May 2015)

Legend
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Gold Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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