Melvin Twellaar
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1996-12-23) 23 December 1996
Den Horn, Netherlands[1]
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoDouble sculls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 BelgradeDouble sculls
Silver medal – second place2022 RačiceSingle sculls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 PoznańDouble sculls
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichSingle sculls
Silver medal – second place2021 VareseDouble sculls
Bronze medal – third place2023 BledDouble sculls
World Rowing U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 PoznańDouble sculls

Melvin Twellaar (born 23 December 1996) is a Dutch rower – an Olympian and a 2023 world champion. With Stef Broenink, he won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the double sculls event.[2][3] He was still rowing the double scull with Broenink when they won gold in that boat at the 2023 World Rowing Championships.

References

  1. ↑ Elderman, Henk (15 July 2021). "Roeier Twellaar wil op zout water in Tokio medaille pakken". RTV Noord (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Profile – Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympic.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Tennery, Amy (28 July 2021). "Rowing-Netherlands, China win in world best times in speedy day of competition". Reuters. Retrieved 17 August 2022.


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