Marshall Godschalk
Marshall Godschalk(born 28 February 1984 inWillemstad, Curaçao) is arowerfrom theNetherlands.[1]
Godschalk started rowing in 2000 and made his international debut at the 2005 Under-23 World Championships inAmsterdamwith a fifth place in thelightweight fourstogether withPieter Rom Colthoff,Wim BakkerandSamuel Alberga.[2]In 2006 he was part of the Dutchlightweight eightswithRoeland Lievens,Marten Bosma,Jaap Schouten,Kaspar van den Brink,Peter Kooren,Matthijs van Gool,Samuel Alberga and coxMichiel Maas.They finished at a fourth position at theLuzernRowing World Cupand rowed to the sixth position at the World Championships inEton,where Van Gool was replaced byGerard Harenberg.[2]Without any success he tried to row some World Cups in the lightweight fours again in 2007, but was selected again for the lightweight eights team for the World Championships. The team further existing ofTom van den Broek,Pieter Bottema,Wolter Blankert,Dennis Beemsterboer,Maarten Tromp,Arnoud Greidanus,Alwin Snijdersand coxPeter Wiersumbecame World Champion inMunich.[2]
For the 2008 season he rowed with Greidanus, Snijders andGerard van der Lindento an eight place at the World Cup in Munich. After they finished ninth in Luzern, Greidanus was replaced by Paul Drewes and inPoznańthey rowed to a fifth place, which meant qualification for the2008 Summer OlympicsinBeijing.[1][2]At the2008 Summer Olympics,they participated in the Men's Lightweight Coxless Four and qualified for the Final A, where they finished 6th.
References
[edit]- ^ab"Athlete Biography: GODSCHALK Marshall".Beijing2008.cn.The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad.Archived fromthe originalon 15 September 2008.Retrieved7 August2008.
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