Karolien Florijn


Karolien Florijn is a Dutch rower. She was a member of the Dutch coxless four, along with Ellen Hogerwerf, Ymkje Clevering and Veronique Meester, that won an Olympic silver medal in Tokyo 2020. The same crew was a three-time European Champion and won a silver medal at the 2019 [World Rowing Championships]. Florijn returned to the single sculls in 2022, winning the overall World Rowing Cup trophy and winning the gold medal at the 2022 [European Rowing Championships|European Championships] in Munich. She won the single sculls event at the Rowing at the [2024 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls|2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games].

Rowing family

She is the daughter of Ronald Florijn, who won gold at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the Rowing at the [1988 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls|double sculls] and gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Rowing at the [1996 Summer Olympics – Men's eight|eight] and Antje Rehaag, former Olympic rower and 1994 world champion in the German women's eight. One of her brothers, Finn, is also an Olympic rower, and a Paris Summer Olympics gold medalist.