Simon van Dorp
Simon Hendrik van Dorp (born 10 April 1997) is a Dutch rower. He is an Olympic finalist and won a medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships. University. van Dorp attended the University of Washington, Seattle from 2017 to 2020 where he majoring in Political Economy. In 2020 van Dorp took a year off University to train with the Dutch Olympic Team for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tokyo. 2017 (Freshman). In 2017 in van Dorp's Freshman Year at the University of Washington, he rowed in the winning Men's Varsity 8+ at the Oregon State  Classic, won the Men's Varsity 8+ against the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Stanford University at the Stanford Invitational. van Dorp also rowed in the Men's Varsity 8+ in the Schoch Cup against University of California, Berkeley. He also won in the Men's Varsity 8+ in the Windermere Cup, and the Men's Varsity 8+ at the Pac-12 Championships. van Dorp was also in the Varsity 8+ that finished second in the grand final at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Regatta. 2018 (Sophomore). In his sophomore year, van Dorp rowed in the  UW Varsity 8+ and 2nd Varsity Eight. He was in the Varsity 8+ which beat Dartmouth College at the Las Vegas Invitational, and also beat Santa Clara University and Gonzaga University. van Dorp was also in the Varsity crew which had wins over Stanford University and Oregon State University. He rowed the Second Varsity 8+ which was victorious at California and won the national championship at IRAs. He rowed in the Varsity eights which beat UBC & Oxford Brookes in the Windermere Cup and won Pac-12 Championships 2019 (Junior). In 2019 he won the program's Pigott Award  as the most inspirational member of the team. He rowed in the UW eight which won the collegiate men's JV8+ at the 2018 Head of the Lake. He rowed in Varsity eights which won races against Cornell, Marist and Oregon State, at the Lake Las Vegas Invitational; beat Northeastern, Stanford and Oregon State at Redwood Shores; beat California; won the Windermere Cup on Opening Day and earned the silver medal at IRAs. He rowed in the Second Varsity 8+ that won the Pac-12 Championship. 2020 (Senior). He took the 2019-20 school year off to train for  the 2020 Olympic Games.