Born in early 2001 in Groningen, the Netherlands. I lived in Groningen South for the first years of my life, where I spent my primary school years at the Boerhaave School.

At the end of 2009, my parents moved to a house on the water in Eelderwolde, a village just outside Groningen, between the nature reserve De Onlanden and the lake Paterswoldsemeer. My high school was the Harens Lyceum, where I completed my pre-university education.

I now live in Leiderdorp near Levitas and study bioinformatics in Leiden. Since 2023 I have been working on my Masters and I have a little less time to train, but I still try to get in my canoe and go sailing as often as possible.