2023 Men's Rowing - Lightweight Roster
Van Velden, David
David Van Velden
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- High School:
- Damstede Lyceum
Bio
Awards:
IRCA First Team All-America (2025)
IRCA Second-Team All-America (2022, 2023)
IRA 1V Gold Medal (2023)
IRA 1V Silver Medal (2024)
IRA Men's Lightweight Crew of the Year (2023)
Eastern Sprints 1V Gold Medal (2023)
Eastern Sprints 1V Bronze Medal (2024, 2025)
First-Team All-Ivy (2023)
IRCA Scholar Athlete (2025)
20225: Raced with the 1V all season … helped the Tigers finish fourth in the Grand Final at IRAs … part of the 1V that won bronze and helped Princeton finish second in the team standings at Eastern Sprints … led the 1V to wins over Penn, Columbia, Yale, Navy and Georgetown
2024: Rowed on 1V … Helped the 1V retrain the Murtaugh Cup over Navy … Earned the Campbell Cup over No. 8 Columbia and the Diamond Challenge Cup over No. 6 Dartmouth … Led the 1V to the Platt Cup for the first time since 2018 with a win over No. 2 Cornell … Retained the Fosburg Cup over Georgetown for the seventh straight season … Paced the 1V to a win over Yale … Corralled a bronze medal at Eastern Sprints … Nabbed a silver medal at the IRA National Championships, the 1V’s second straight medal.
2023: Rowed on the 1V that lost just once all season … Helped the Tigers regain Murtaugh Cup vs. No. 5 Navy and retain the Fosburgh Cup vs. No. 7 Georgetown … Paced Princeton over Columbia for the Campbell Cup and took down Mercyhurst/MIT/Penn … Secured Diamond Challenge Cup over No. 9 Dartmouth/Delaware with the 1V … Defeated No.5 Penn/No. 8 Georgetown to corral the Wood-Hammond Cup … Dropped No. 4 Yale/No. 5 Harvard to bring home the Goldthwait/Vogel Cups … Helped Princeton’s 1V to Eastern Sprint’s gold, the program’s first since 2010 … Paced the 1V as it won its first IRA gold since 2010 … The 1V’s IRA victory led Princeton to secure the IRA’s President Cup, its first since 2010 ... Rowed at Henley Royal Regatta.
2022: Rowed the entire season at 1V … Helped the Tigers retain the Fosburgh Cup at Georgetown and the Campbell Cup at Columbia … Led the 1V to wins over Mercyhurst, MIT, Delaware and Dartmouth … 1V boat was fourth at Easterns and sixth at IRA National Championships
Before Princeton:
Roeivereniging Willem III and A.S.S.R. Skol: Secured the national title in the quad in 2019 and in the double in 2017 … Placed in the single at the National Championships in 2017 … Earned two silvers at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in 2018 … Also sailed and Judo.
Personal: Lidwin van Velden and Paul Burger … Has a sister, Vera.
IRCA First Team All-America (2025)
IRCA Second-Team All-America (2022, 2023)
IRA 1V Gold Medal (2023)
IRA 1V Silver Medal (2024)
IRA Men's Lightweight Crew of the Year (2023)
Eastern Sprints 1V Gold Medal (2023)
Eastern Sprints 1V Bronze Medal (2024, 2025)
First-Team All-Ivy (2023)
IRCA Scholar Athlete (2025)
20225: Raced with the 1V all season … helped the Tigers finish fourth in the Grand Final at IRAs … part of the 1V that won bronze and helped Princeton finish second in the team standings at Eastern Sprints … led the 1V to wins over Penn, Columbia, Yale, Navy and Georgetown
2024: Rowed on 1V … Helped the 1V retrain the Murtaugh Cup over Navy … Earned the Campbell Cup over No. 8 Columbia and the Diamond Challenge Cup over No. 6 Dartmouth … Led the 1V to the Platt Cup for the first time since 2018 with a win over No. 2 Cornell … Retained the Fosburg Cup over Georgetown for the seventh straight season … Paced the 1V to a win over Yale … Corralled a bronze medal at Eastern Sprints … Nabbed a silver medal at the IRA National Championships, the 1V’s second straight medal.
2023: Rowed on the 1V that lost just once all season … Helped the Tigers regain Murtaugh Cup vs. No. 5 Navy and retain the Fosburgh Cup vs. No. 7 Georgetown … Paced Princeton over Columbia for the Campbell Cup and took down Mercyhurst/MIT/Penn … Secured Diamond Challenge Cup over No. 9 Dartmouth/Delaware with the 1V … Defeated No.5 Penn/No. 8 Georgetown to corral the Wood-Hammond Cup … Dropped No. 4 Yale/No. 5 Harvard to bring home the Goldthwait/Vogel Cups … Helped Princeton’s 1V to Eastern Sprint’s gold, the program’s first since 2010 … Paced the 1V as it won its first IRA gold since 2010 … The 1V’s IRA victory led Princeton to secure the IRA’s President Cup, its first since 2010 ... Rowed at Henley Royal Regatta.
2022: Rowed the entire season at 1V … Helped the Tigers retain the Fosburgh Cup at Georgetown and the Campbell Cup at Columbia … Led the 1V to wins over Mercyhurst, MIT, Delaware and Dartmouth … 1V boat was fourth at Easterns and sixth at IRA National Championships
Before Princeton:
Roeivereniging Willem III and A.S.S.R. Skol: Secured the national title in the quad in 2019 and in the double in 2017 … Placed in the single at the National Championships in 2017 … Earned two silvers at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in 2018 … Also sailed and Judo.
Personal: Lidwin van Velden and Paul Burger … Has a sister, Vera.
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
Tuesday, June 04
Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
Wednesday, June 22
Princeton Athletics 2021-22 Highlights
Monday, June 06
Thank You for Roaring Forward on TAGD 2021
Wednesday, December 01
