Katrin Olsen (born 5 January 1978 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands) is a Danish–Faroese rower, and represents Denmark. She weights ,Yahoo: Katrin Olsen's Athlete Profile and is therefore in the lightweight class. Before she went to live in Denmark she was rowing in Faroese rowing competitions and became Faroese Rowing Champion two times with the boat Jarnbardur of Róðrarfelagið Knørrur.Source: The article on the Faroese Wikipedia about Katrin Olsen.
2008 Summer Olympics In rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics (lightweight double sculls) in Beijing, Olsen and Juliane Rasmussen seemed for a long time to get the third place after Japan, but ended at second place, and was qualified for the semifinale.Útvarp Føroya: Katrin Olsen hevur roð seg í hálvfinaluna However, they also got the fourth place in the semifinal (only the three best qualifies for the final), and lost.Útvarp Føroya: Katrin Olsen megnaði ikki at rógva seg í finaluna Their class was later won by rowers from the Netherlands.
References
External links Knørrur Rowing Club, where it all began, in Faroese