Lien Veenstra
Veenstra became in 1946 a member of rowing club  in Groningen. She didn't want to practice "style rowing", what was the rowing standard for women in that era, but she wanted to practice competitive rowing. She started with competitive rowing in 1948 and so became one of the earliest Dutch competitive women rowers. At that time there were only no official championships for women. The 1951 European Rowing Championships in Mâcon, France included women events, but were see nas test events. Veenstra became European Champion in the the quadruple sculls. The next year she became again European Champion in 1952 in Amsterdam. She competed in the "official" double sculls at the  1957 European Rowing Championships in Duisburg, West Germany, but didn't win a medal. After the 1957 Championships she retired from competitive rowing.