Niels KROUWEL (NED)
Netherlands
Age:
40 years
Languages:
Dutch, English
Federation:
WATERSPORTVERBOND
Biography
Further Personal Information
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Amsterdam
OCCUPATION
Consultant
HIGHER EDUCATION
Master of Law
WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?
I began kayak at age twelve at the Twentse watersports club in Hengelo,
Netherlands
REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT
I was playing football and wanted to do a sport where I would get more
stength and stamina. Thereby I like water and the kayakclub was near the
footballfields where I played. So, I started kayaking.
HOBBIES
Watching movies/series, travel, being with friends/family
CLUB
Frisia Amstelveen, Netherlands
NAME OF COACH
Nicole Bulk
NATIONALITY OF YOUR COACH
Dutch
SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN COACHED BY HIM/ HER?
2011
TRAINING REGIME
We are training generally 13 times a week for 24 hours total. It's a mix of
improving technique, strength, core stability and stamina. We are always open
for new influences to get better.
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR
2011
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COUNTRY
Netherlands
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION
World Cup
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT LOCATION
Duisburg
MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT
I don't have one that I know directly...
MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER
Nicole Bulk
TRAINING PARTNER(S)
Members of the dutch team, Mate Rauscher and some times Maxime Beaumont and
Johann Divaret
HERO/IDOL
Martien Krouwel, my uncle who lived the fullest with a terminal disease
(aids)
SUPERSTITIONS/ RITUALS/ BELIEFS
None
SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO
A day without development is not worth living
FAVOURITE PADDLING COURSE
Szeged
FAVOURITE FOOD
Italian
FAVOURITE MUSIC
Various
AMBITIONS
Always get better
AWARDS AND HONORS
None
OTHER INFORMATION
I quit kayaking between 2004 and 2010.
PREFERRED DISTANCE
200m
POSITION IN BOAT FOR TEAM BOATS
K1
SPORTING RELATIVES
My trainer was also a kayak athlete
