Sjoerd Hamburger (born 8 February 1983 in Oldeberkoop) is a rower from the Netherlands, who competes in the single scull. Hamburger was born and raised in Oldeberkoop, where he played korfball and was involved in training for triathlons. When he was 18 he moved to Utrecht to study and started rowing in an eight at the Orca Rowing Club. The boat took silver at the European Youth Championships that year. In 2003 Hamburger rowed in the Orca coxed four which came sixth at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships. On the advice of his coach Peter van der Noort, he started training in the single scull and thanks to a successful performance at his national championships he was selected to take part in the World Cup. At the end of the year Hamburger won the bronze medal at the Under-23 World Champi