Marloes Oldenburg
Oldenburg was born in The Hague. At a young age she moved with her parents to Leeuwarden. She was a swimmer with club "Orca". She was a good swimmer who won many prizes. She trained together with international swimmers including Ranomi Kromowidjojo. However, she wasn't good enough to make it to the national team. She stopped with swimming when she moved for her studies to Groningen. As sports she did sports climbing before she came in contact with rowing.