Marshall Godschalk is a rower from the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

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Godschalk started rowing in 2000 and made his international debut at the 2005 Under-23 World Championships in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

 with a fifth place in the lightweight fours

Fours

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 together with Pieter Rom Colthoff, Wim Bakker and Samuel Alberga. In 2006 he was part of the Dutch lightweight eights with Roeland Lievens, Marten Bosma, Jaap Schouten

Jaap Schouten

Jaap Schouten is a Dutch rower.- External links :...

, Kaspar van den Brink, Peter Kooren, Matthijs van Gool, Samuel Alberga and cox Michiel Maas. They finished at a fourth position at the Luzern Rowing World Cup

Rowing World Cup

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 and rowed to the sixth position at the World Championships in Eton

Eton, Berkshire

Eton is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, lying on the opposite bank of the River Thames to Windsor and connected to it by Windsor Bridge. The parish also includes the large village of Eton Wick, 2 miles west of the town, and has a population of 4,980. Eton was in Buckinghamshire until...

, where Van Gool was replaced by Gerard Harenberg. Without any success he tried to row some World Cups in the lightweight fours again in 2007, but was selected again for the lightweight eights team for the World Championships. The team further existing of Tom van den Broek, Pieter Bottema, Wolter Blankert, Dennis Beemsterboer, Maarten Tromp, Arnoud Greidanus, Alwin Snijders and cox Peter Wiersum

Peter Wiersum

Peter Wiersum is a rowing cox from the Netherlands.Wiersum was born in Sutton Coldfield, Great Britain.He took part in the 2007 World Rowing Championships in Munich and led the Dutch lightweight eights to the World title...

 became World Champion in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

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For the 2008 season he rowed with Greidanus, Snijders and Gerard van der Linden

Gerard van der Linden

Gerard van der Linden is a rower from the Netherlands.Van der Linden started rowing in 1992 and made his international senior debut in the lightweight fours at the 2000 World Championships in Zagreb. Together with Ivo Snijders, Dylan van der Linde and Coen Eggenkamp he finished on the 9th position...

 to an eight place at the World Cup in Munich. After they finished ninth in Luzern, Greidanus was replaced by Paul Drewes and in Poznan

Poznan

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 they rowed to a fifth place, which meant qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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 in Beijing

Beijing

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. At the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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, they participated in the Men's Lightweight Coxless Four (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rowing_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_lightweight_coxless_four&oldid=366159861) and qualified for the Final A, where they finished 6th.