Jonas Gelsen
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| Born | 4 September 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Jonas Gelsen (born 4 September 2001)[1] is a German rower who finished third in the double sculls at the 2024 European Championships.[2]
Sporting career
Jonas Gelsen rows for the Nassovia Höchst 1881 Rowing Club. At the German Championships in 2022 and 2023, he was second in the single sculls behind Oliver Zeidler.[3][4]
At the 2021 U23 World Championships, Gelsen finished fourth in the single sculls. The following year, he won the 2022 U23 World Championships.[5] In 2023, Gelsen formed a double sculls with Marc Weber, who competes for Marburg. The two finished ninth at the 2023 European Championships in Bled. Three and a half months later, the two finished eighth at the World Championships in Belgrade, thus achieving direct qualification for a German double sculls at the 2024 Olympic Games.[6]
In 2024, Gelsen and Weber rowed to third place at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in Szeged, less than half a second behind the second-placed Spaniards, but ten seconds ahead of the fourth-placed Italians. At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Gelsen and Weber finished ninth.[7]
References
- ↑ "Jonas Gelsen". Team Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ↑ eigene Aussprache in "GELSEN Jonas". Paris 2024 Olympics. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ↑ "Rudern: Zeidler deutscher Einer-Meister: Souveräner Sieg in Krefeld". Die Zeit (in German). 24 April 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ↑ "Rudern: Zeidler erneut deutscher Meister im Einer". sportschau.de (in German). 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ↑ "Weltmeister im Rudern | Stadtanzeiger Frankfurt West" (in German). 11 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ↑ Sturm, Katja (14 September 2023). "Ruderer Weber und Gelsen sind bei Olympia in Paris 2024 dabei". FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ↑ "Olympia 2024: Ruderer Marc Weber und Jonas Gelsen vereint im Ehrgeiz". hessenschau.de (in German). 22 July 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
External links
- Jonas Gelsen bei worldrowing.com
- Porträt bei rudern.de