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Ilse Paulis

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Ilse Paulis
Ilse Paulis in 2016
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1993-07-30) 30 July 1993 (age 31)[1]
Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportRowing
Event(s)Lightweight double sculls, Lightweight quadruple sculls
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Lwt double sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Lwt double sculls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Amsterdam Lwt quad sculls
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ottensheim Lwt double sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Plovdiv Lwt double sculls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Brandenburg Lwt double sculls
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow Lwt double sculls
Silver medal – second place 2017 Račice Lwt double sculls

Ilse Paulis (born 30 July 1993) is a Dutch representative rower. She is a world champion, a dual Olympian, an Olympic gold medallist and has set three world's best times, two of which are standing world records as of 2021. She is racing the lightweight women's double scull with Marieke Keijser at Tokyo 2021.[2]

Club and college career

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Paulis rowed collegiately for the Ohio State Buckeyes.[3]

International representative career

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Together with Maaike Head, she won the gold medal in the lightweight double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

World record holder

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At the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, in the final of women's lightweight quad scull Paulis, Mirte Kraaijkamp, Elisabeth Woerner and Maaike Head rowed a world's best time of 6:15.95 a mark which has not been beaten as of 2021.[5]

In 2016 at the World Rowing Cup III in Poznan, Paulis and Head set a new world's best time of 6:47.69 in a lightweight double scull. This record stood until June 2021 when Paulis, now rowing with Marieke Keijser clocked 6:43.79 in the final at WRC III in Sabaudia, Italy.[5]

Personal life

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Both her younger sisters are rowers too. Bente Paulis was the silver medallist at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the quadruple sculls. Their youngest sister Femke has competed in three junior world championships.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Ilse PAULIS - Olympic | Netherlands". 13 April 2021. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ "World Rowing - Tokyo previews in many events at 2021 World Rowing Cup III". World Rowing.
  3. ^ "Buckeye Alum Ilse Paulis Wins Gold at Under-23 Championships". Ohio State Buckeyes. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Ilse Paulis". Rio 2016 Organization. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Paulis at World Rowing". Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  6. ^ "World Rowing - Dutch triple rowing threat – The Paulis sisters". World Rowing. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
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