Rik Rienks
_2022.jpg) Rienks in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 March 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parents | Nico Rienks, Harriet van Ettekoven | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relative | Ralf Rienks (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rik Rienks (born 17 March 1995) is a Dutch rower. He was a medalist at the 2022 and 2026 World Rowing Championships, and competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]
Biography
[edit]From from a rowing family, his His father Nico Rienks won gold at the 1988 and 1996 Olympic Games. His mother Harriet van Ettekoven won bronze at the 1984 Olympic Games.[2]
His brother Ralf Rienks is also a rower, with the pair competing together for the national team in two World Championships in the four in the coxless four, before placing eighth together in the pair at the 2025 World Rowing Championships and Silver Goblets & Nickalls’ Challenge Cup at the 2025 Henley Regatta. The pair had been split-up for the 2024 Olympic Games with Rik competing in the coxless four with the Dutch team that finished seventh overall.[3][4] Prior to that, they had won a silver medal in the coxless four at the 2022 European Rowing Championships in Munich and won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Rowing Championships in the men's coxless four in the Czech Republic, as well as a bronze medal in the men's eight at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia.[5][6][7]
In Amsterdam in June 2026, he won a silver medal at the 2026 World Rowing Championships in the men's coxless four alongside Lennart van Lierop, Gert-Jan van Doorn and Eli Brouwer.[8]
Personal life
[edit]He completed bachelor's and master's degrees at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Rik Rienks". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
- ↑ "En route to Paris: Ralf Rienks". delya.tudelft.nl. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
- ↑ "Rienks beats Rienks". nlroei.nl. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Rik and Ralf Rienks tinker with their hobby sloop". 2026wramstrrdam.com. 30 November 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
- ↑ "European Championship bronze for rowers Holland Eight, silver for men and women in double fours". nos.nl. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
- ↑ "Rik and Ralf Rienks win first World Championship medal!". zzrv.nl. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
- ↑ "World Rowing Championships 2022 – Fours Preview". juniorrowing. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
- ↑ "Rowers' Coxless Four Take Silver in Thrilling Final at World Championships". Nieuws.nl. 29 August 2026. Retrieved 31 August 2026.