Elien Meijer

{{Short description|Dutch rower (born 1970)}}

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| birth_name = Elsiena Janneke Meijer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|1|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Den Helder, Netherlands

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| height = 177 cm

| weight = 71 kg

| sport = Rowing

| club = Algemene Utrechtse Studenten Roeivereniging Orca

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{{MedalSport | Women's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 2000 Sydney | Eight }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Rowing Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1994 Indianapolis | Coxless four}}

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Elsiena Janneke Meijer (born 25 January 1970) is a retired rower from the Netherlands.

Meijer was born in 1970 in Den Helder, Netherlands.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Elien Meijer |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/elien-meijer-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023923/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/elien-meijer-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 12 May 2018 }} At the 1994 World Rowing Championships in Indianapolis, United States, she won a gold medal with the women's coxless four and came fourth with the women's eight.{{cite web |title= Elien Meijer |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/7218/results/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=12 May 2018}} At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, Meijer and Anneke Venema finished eighth in the women's coxless pair competition. She won a silver medal in the women's eight in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.