Previously described by a journalist as the "Rowing Enigma", Dirk Uittenbogaard has been on the international rowing scene since 2006. Originally a footballer Dirk made the switch to rowing and has never looked back, winning a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and becoming World Champion in 2019 as part of the outstanding Dutch Mens Quad.
In this interview Martin asks Dirk about his use of a sports psychologist in recent years, meditation, how the dutch team now only use RP3 machines instead of Concept 2s and tries to understand just what happened between the 2018 and 2019 seasons that made them so much faster!
The full interview has been split into three parts, this is the second part of the three.
0:00 You’re sub 6 but not a big erg puller, what’s your PB?
0:40 You switched from static ergs to RP3, why is that?
1:35 What’s the hardest session that you do on the ergometer?
2:40 Your crewmate Daan Brühl passed away a few years ago, how did that affect you?
4:40 What impact did it have on you as a person?
6:30 Is the quad a fun boat or is it quite serious?
7:10 What is it about quad sculling at the top level that’s so magical?
8:35 How do your two coaches work together as a partnership?
9:20 How do they divide the roles between them?
10:10 How did you pick up so much speed from 2018 to 2019?
12:10 You were unbeatable in 2019, what made the big difference?
14:20 I’ve got some video of your quad in training, can you describe how the boat’s moving? Is there a pause at the finish?
16:10 How does it feel in the boat when you swap positions?
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