She is racing the lightweight women's double scull with Marieke Keijser at Tokyo 2021.

[3] Together with Maaike Head, she won the gold medal in the lightweight double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

[4] At the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, in the final of women's lightweight quad scull Paulis, Mirte Kraaijkamp, Elisabeth Woerner and Maaike Head rowed a world's best time of 6:15.95 a mark which has not been beaten as of 2021.

This record stood until June 2021 when Paulis, now rowing with Marieke Keijser clocked 6:43.79 in the final at WRC III in Sabaudia, Italy.

Bente Paulis was the silver medallist at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the quadruple sculls.