Ellen Meliesie: key obituary facts
Is Ellen Meliesie dead? Yes. Ellen Meliesie died on October 10, 2026, at age 63.
Cause of death: Ellen Meliesie's cause of death was reported as Cancer.
What was Ellen Meliesie known for?
She was a Dutch rower.
More about Ellen Meliesie
Born: 2 January 1963.
Place of birth: Zwolle.
Gender: female.
Occupation: rower.
Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Also known as: Elisabeth Johanna Wilhelmina Meliesie.
Ellen Meliesie, the Dutch Olympic rower who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, died of breast cancer on October 10, 2026, aged 63.
Born Elisabeth Johanna Wilhelmina Meliesie in Zwolle on January 2, 1963, she was known as Ellen Meliesie. At the 1996 Games, she competed in the women’s lightweight double sculls, representing the Netherlands in rowing.
The event’s name identifies its lightweight class and double-sculls format: two athletes row a boat, each using two oars. Meliesie’s Olympic appearance placed her in a specific discipline within the rowing programme, rather than an individual sculling event. Her biography records her both by her full birth name and by the shorter name she used, alongside her birthplace and Olympic participation. The 1996 competition is the documented milestone of her rowing career in the available account of her life. She was 63 when she died. Her Olympic event remains a precise marker of her participation in international sport, while her birth details establish her Dutch origins and the name by which she was known.