Bente Paulis


Bente Paulis is a Dutch rower. She won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Rowing at the [2024 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls|quadruple sculls].

Career

At the 2022 European Rowing Championships in Munich, she won a silver medal in the women's quadruple sculls. At the 2022 [World Rowing Championships – Women's quadruple sculls|2022 World Rowing Championships] held in the Czech Republic, she also won a silver medal.
The following year, in 2023, Paulis also won silver in the quadruple sculls at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.
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.

Personal life

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