Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Name Herman Boelen Club Willem III, Amsterdam | Sport Rowing Weight 76 kg (168 lb) | |
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Born 12 May 1939 (age 84) ( 1939-05-12 ) Amsterdam, the Netherlands | ||
Herman Boelen (born 12 May 1939) is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the coxless fours, together with Jim Enters, Sipke Castelein and Sjoerd Wartena, and finished in fourth place. He won a European bronze in the coxless pairs with Enters in 1963.
Boelen's daughter Femke is also an Olympic rower. After retiring from competitions he worked as a rowing coach with the national junior team and as the chairman of his rowing club Willem III in Amsterdam. In 2005 he became Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
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