Bente Paulis

Bente Paulis

Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27)[1] Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Women's rowing Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2024 Paris Quadruple sculls World Championships 2023 Belgrade Quadruple sculls 2022 Račice Quadruple sculls European Championships 2022 Oberschleißheim Quadruple sculls

Bente Paulis (born 14 February 1997) is a Dutch rower. She won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the quadruple sculls.

Career

At the 2022 European Rowing Championships in Munich, she won a silver medal in the women's quadruple sculls.[2] At the 2022 World Rowing Championships held in the Czech Republic, she also won a silver medal.[3]

The following year, in 2023, Paulis also won silver in the quadruple sculls at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.[4][5]

She was part of the Dutch four that placed second at the first two World Cup events of 2024. She was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[6]

Personal life

She is the younger sister of rower and former Olympic champion Ilse Paulis.[7] Their youngest sister Femke is also a rower and has competed in three junior world championships.[8]

References

1. "Bente Paulis". World Rowing. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
2. van Lakerveld, Erik (13 August 2022). "Rowers too tired for gold at European Championships: 'It's a nice in-between'". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 July 2024.
3. "Four medals for Dutch rowers at World Championships in the Czech Republic: three silver, one bronze". NOS (in Dutch). 24 September 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
4. "Netherlands rowing teams qualify for the Olympics". nltimes.nl. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
5. "Silver for women's double four, second behind world champion Great Britain". NOS (in Dutch). 9 September 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
6. Deggeller, Marc (25 July 2024). "Interview with Bente Paulis and Tessa Dullemans: "In the Netherlands you can compete with the best in the world"". nlroei.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 July 2024.
7. Kooijman, Steven (24 September 2022). "In navolging van legendarische zus beklimt roeister Bente Paulis nu ook het WK podium". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 July 2024.
8. "World Rowing - Dutch triple rowing threat – The Paulis sisters". World Rowing. Retrieved 10 August 2024.