VERSLUIS Mechiel

Date of Birth: 29 Jul 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Place of birth: OOSTSTELLINGWERF

Birth 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-	8+
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	-	3
2012	London, GBR	5	-

World Championships

Year	Location	4-	8+
2019	Linz, AUT	-	2
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	-	7
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	-	4
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	-	3
2014	Amsterdam, NED	4	-
2013	Chungju, KOR	1	-
2010	Hamilton, NZL	11	-

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
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
5	Pair	2017	Belgrade, SRB	7:11.19

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

Occupation:

Business, Sports Management - Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Languages spoken:

RSVU Okeanos [Amstelveen, NED]

Mark Emke [national], NED

He took up rowing in 2007 with RSVU Okeanos in Amstelveen, Netherlands. (cruyffinstitute.nl, 16 Sep 2015)

"I was gripped by rowing. It is such a beautiful sport that makes me look at my limits. You must be physically strong, it is outside and you are in a team." (roeien.nl, 18 Apr 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 03 Sep 2020)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
He considered retiring from rowing in 2017 following the retirement of his rowing partner Boaz Meylink. He took a four-month break from the sport to visit South Africa, but was inspired to return to rowing after watching Dutch skaters win medals at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. "A friend of mine started a business in South Africa. I just wanted to get away from rowing. That's [watching the 2018 Olympic Winter Games] how I started to get the itch again. I realised that I still thought rowing was super cool and decided to continue to Tokyo [2020 Olympic Games]." (volkskrant.nl, 01 Aug 2018)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2016 he graduated with a master's degree in coaching from the Johan Cruyff Institute in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (LinkedIn profile, 2020)

THE EIGHT
In 2007 he featured in the Dutch television programme 'De Acht' [The Eight]. It involved three former rowers [Nico Rienks, Henk-Jan Zwolle, Geert-Jan Derksen] assembling a rookie eight crew and coaching them through the season. A friend enrolled Versluis for the programme, and during physical testing it was shown he had potential to be a top rower. (roeien.nl, 18 Apr 2014; parool.nl, 23 Mar 2009)

Social Media

Legend

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

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