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.[2]
 Ilse Paulis in 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 July 1993[1] Leiderdorp, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Lightweight double sculls, Lightweight quadruple sculls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Club and college career
editPaulis rowed collegiately for the Ohio State Buckeyes.[3]
International representative career
editTogether with Maaike Head, she won the gold medal in the lightweight double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]
World record holder
editAt the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, in the final of women's lightweight quad scull Paulis, Mirte Kraaijkamp, Elisabeth Woerner and Maaike Head rowed a world's best time of 6:15.95 a mark which has not been beaten as of 2021.[5]
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.[5]
Personal life
editBoth her younger sisters are rowers too. Bente Paulis was the silver medallist at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the quadruple sculls. Their youngest sister Femke has competed in three junior world championships.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Ilse PAULIS - Olympic | Netherlands". 13 April 2021. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021.
- ^ "World Rowing - Tokyo previews in many events at 2021 World Rowing Cup III". World Rowing.
- ^ "Buckeye Alum Ilse Paulis Wins Gold at Under-23 Championships". Ohio State Buckeyes. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "Ilse Paulis". Rio 2016 Organization. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Paulis at World Rowing". Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "World Rowing - Dutch triple rowing threat – The Paulis sisters". World Rowing. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
External links
edit- Ilse Paulis at World Rowing
- Ilse Paulis at Olympics.com
- Ilse Paulis at Olympedia
- Ilse Paulis at TeamNL (archived) (in Dutch)
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