Ilse Paulis

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Ilse Paulis
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Ilse Paulis in 2016
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1993-07-30) 30 July 1993 (age 28)
Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportRowing
Event(s)Lightweight double sculls, Lightweight quadruple sculls

Ilse Paulis (born 30 July 1993) is a Dutch representative rower. She is a world champion, a dual Olympian, an Olympic gold medallist and has set three world's best times, two of which are standing world records as of 2021. She is racing the lightweight women's double scull with Marieke Keijser at Tokyo 2021. [1]

Club and college career[]

Paulis rowed collegiately for the Ohio State Buckeyes.[2]

International representative career[]

Together with Maaike Head, she won the gold medal in the lightweight double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

World record holder[]

At the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, in the final of women's lightweight quad scull Paulis, Mirte Kraaijkamp, and Maaike Head rowed a world's best time of 6:15.95 a mark which has not been beaten as of 2021.[4]

In 2016 at the World Rowing Cup III in Poznan, Paulis and Head set a new world's best time of 6:47.69 in a lightweight double scull. This record stood until June 2021 when Paulis, now rowing with Marieke Keijser clocked 6:43.79 in the final at WRC III in Sabaudia, Italy. [4]

References[]

  1. ^ Tokyo previews at 2021 WRCIII
  2. ^ "Buckeye Alum Ilse Paulis Wins Gold at Under-23 Championships". Ohio State Buckeyes. 28 Jul 2014. Retrieved 17 Feb 2019.
  3. ^ "Ilse Paulis". Rio 2016 Organization. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Paulis at World Rowing

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