Sjoerd Hamburger

Hamburger rowed in the 2009 Boat Race. This takes place each year between Oxford and Cambridge universities

Sjoerd Hamburger (born 8 February 1983 in Oldeberkoop) is a rower from the Netherlands, who competes in the single scull.

Hamburger was born and raised in Oldeberkoop, where he played korfball and was involved in training for triathlons. When he was 18 he moved to Utrecht to study and started rowing in an eight at the Orca Rowing Club. The boat took silver at the European Youth Championships that year. Later that month he became European Ergometer Champion. During the World Cup finals in Luzern (Lucerne) he finished sixth, at the semi-final stage of which he broke his national record to scull 2000 metres in . During the first World Cup meeting of 2007 he came sixth in Linz. He followed this with a 7th position at the second World Cup in Amsterdam. This was followed by a 7th place in the second World Cup in Luzern then training camp in South Korea – for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.