Corné de Koning
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Full name | Marinus Corné de Koning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | The King | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Goes, Netherlands | 27 September 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Adaptive rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | GRV Scaldis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marinus Corné de Koning (born 27 September 1989) is a Dutch adaptive rower who competes at international level events. He is a four time World champion and European champion in both single sculls and double sculls. He is the training partner of Annika van der Meer and . He and van der Loos narrowly missed winning a medal in the mixed double sculls.[1][2]
De Koning was born with one leg shorter than the other.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Marinus de Koning - World Rowing Results". World Rowing. 26 November 2020.
- ^ "Speaking: Corne de Koning, Para rower (in Dutch)". Thijs Rentier. 6 May 2020.
- ^ "Corne de Koning - IPC Profile". International Paralympic Committee. 26 November 2020.
Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Goes
- Paralympic rowers of the Netherlands
- Rowers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics