Ronald Florijn

Ronald Florijn

Ronald Florijn in 1983
Personal information
Born	(1961-04-21) 21 April 1961 Leiden, the Netherlands
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Amsterdamsche Studenten Roeivereeniging NEREUS
Medal record Competitor for the  Netherlands Olympic Games Gold 1988 Seoul Double sculls Gold 1996 Atlanta Eights World Championships Bronze 1978 Lake Karapiro Double sculls Silver 1989 Lake Bled Double sculls Bronze 1991 Vienna Four Silver 1994 Tampere Eights Silver 1995 Indianapolis Eights

Ronald Florijn (born 21 April 1961) is a former rower from the Netherlands and two-time Olympic gold medallist.

Florijn won the gold medal in the men's double sculls at the 1988 Summer Olympics, alongside Nico Rienks. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, he repeated his gold medal performance winning the eight with coxswain event with the Holland Acht (Holland Eight).^[1] He also won five medals at the world championships in 1978–1995 in double, four and eight-manned boat races.^[2]

He studied industrial and organizational psychology at the Leiden University and then worked for Arbo Unie, one of the biggest occupational health organizations in the Netherlands.^[3] Since 2004 he runs his own company. He is a knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

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