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| Location | Evert Cornelislaan 15, 3533 SP Utrecht Netherlands |
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| Coordinates | 52°05′06″N 5°04′53″E / 52.085101°N 5.081345°E |
| Founded | 1900 |
Hollandia Roeiclub (HRC) is a Dutch rowing club based in Utrecht[1] open to current members and former members of the Dutch national rowing team.
The primary aim of HRC is to support top rowers and talents in their ambitions for international success with resources, knowledge and experience, regardless of the individual association interests. In addition, HRC tries to contribute to the social development of top athletes through its network of former internationals and to fulfill a role as an alumni platform that helps former top rowers in their career after sport.
The club appears in the 2010 movie The Social Network (which was based on real events) beating the Harvard team of the Winklevoss twins in the finals of The Grand Challenge Cup during the Henley Royal Regatta in 2004,[2] which they won representing the Holland Acht (Holland 8), the official Dutch rowing team. As a result of their win (the first Dutch men's eight victory at Henley, which they repeated in 2006) they qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in which they won the silver medal.[3]
In 2019 the Hollandia Acht (Netherlands U23) rowed a Ladies' Challenge Plate record in Henley during the semi-finals against Leander Club.
| Year | Races won |
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| 2004 | Grand Challenge Cup |
| 2006 | Grand Challenge Cup, Stewards' Challenge Cup |
| 2016 | Grand Challenge Cup, Stewards' Challenge Cup, Princess Royal Challenge Cup |
| 2017 | Town Challenge Cup, Princess Grace Challenge Cup |
| 2019 | Town Challenge Cup |