Jonas Gelsen

Jonas Gelsen is a German rower who finished third in the double sculls at the 2024 European Championships.

Sporting career

Jonas Gelsen rows for the. At the German Championships in 2022 and 2023, he was second in the single sculls behind Oliver Zeidler.
At the 2021 U23 World Championships, Gelsen finished fourth in the single sculls. The following year, he won the 2022 U23 World Championships. In 2023, Gelsen formed a double sculls with Marc Weber, who competes for Marburg. The two finished ninth at the 2023 European Championships in Bled. Three and a half months later, the two finished eighth at the World Championships in Belgrade, thus achieving direct qualification for a German double sculls at the 2024 Olympic Games.
In 2024, Gelsen and Weber rowed to third place at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in Szeged, less than half a second behind the second-placed Spaniards, but ten seconds ahead of the fourth-placed Italians. At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Gelsen and Weber finished ninth.