Maaike Head

Maaike Head (born 11 September 1983 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch rower. She competed in the lightweight double sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the latter, she won the gold medal together with Ilse Paulis.

Maaike Head

Maaike Head in 2016
Medal record Women's rowing Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro LW2x World Championships 2013 Chungjiu LW4x 2014 Amsterdam LW4x European Championships 2016 Brandenburg LW2x

Career

In 2016, Head and Paulis broke the world record in the lightweight double sculls.

Before rowing, she participated in speed skating, winning a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2003 World Junior Championships in Kushiro, Japan, and participating in Dutch Allround Championships.^[1]