Jonas Gelsen

German rower (born 2001)

Jonas Gelsen (born 4 September 2001)^[1] is a German rower who finished third in the double sculls at the 2024 European Championships.^[2]

Sporting career

Jonas Gelsen rows for the Nassovia Höchst 1881 Rowing Club [de]. At the German Championships in 2022 and 2023, he was second in the single sculls behind Oliver Zeidler.^[3]^[4]

At the 2021 U23 World Championships, Gelsen finished fourth in the single sculls. The following year, he won the 2022 U23 World Championships.^[5] In 2023, Gelsen formed a double sculls with Marc Weber, who competes for Marburg. The two finished ninth at the 2023 European Championships in Bled. Three and a half months later, the two finished eighth at the World Championships in Belgrade, thus achieving direct qualification for a German double sculls at the 2024 Olympic Games.^[6]

In 2024, Gelsen and Weber rowed to third place at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in Szeged, less than half a second behind the second-placed Spaniards, but ten seconds ahead of the fourth-placed Italians. At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Gelsen and Weber finished ninth.^[7]

References

^ "Jonas Gelsen". Team Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ eigene Aussprache in "GELSEN Jonas". Paris 2024 Olympics. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
^ "Rudern: Zeidler deutscher Einer-Meister: Souveräner Sieg in Krefeld". Die Zeit (in German). 24 April 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ "Rudern: Zeidler erneut deutscher Meister im Einer". sportschau.de (in German). 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ "Weltmeister im Rudern | Stadtanzeiger Frankfurt West" (in German). 11 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
^ Sturm, Katja (14 September 2023). "Ruderer Weber und Gelsen sind bei Olympia in Paris 2024 dabei". FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ "Olympia 2024: Ruderer Marc Weber und Jonas Gelsen vereint im Ehrgeiz". hessenschau.de (in German). 22 July 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.