Marieke Keijser

Marieke Keijser (born 21 January 1997) is a Dutch representative rower. She is an Olympian and won the silver medal in the lightweight single sculls at the 2017 World Rowing Championships and the gold medal at the 2018 European Rowing Championships. She is racing the Dutch lightweight women's double scull with Ilse Paulis at Tokyo 2021.^[1]

Marieke Keijser

Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1997-01-21) 21 January 1997 (age 28) Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Rowing
Event(s)	Lightweight single sculls, Lightweight double sculls
Club	A.R.S.R. Skadi
Medal record Women's rowing Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Lwt double sculls World Championships 2017 Sarasota Lwt single sculls 2019 Ottensheim Lwt double sculls 2018 Plovdiv Lwt double sculls European Championships 2018 Glasgow Lwt double sculls 2017 Račice Lwt double sculls 2019 Lucerne Lwt single sculls

Junior career

When she was young she was a ballerina and was accepted for a year at the Royal Dutch Conservatorium. She played field hockey for a while. She started rowing at aged 11, following after her brother. By age 19, Keijser had competed at three World Rowing Junior Championships. In the women’s single scull she won a bronze medal in 2014 and then a gold medal a Junior World Championship title in 2015.^[2]