Full name Henri Jan Wienese Height 1.78 m Sport Rowing Weight 81 kg | Name Jan Wienese Club Amsterdam Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born 4 June 1942 (age 81) ( 1942-06-04 ) Amsterdam, Netherlands Olympic medals Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics - Men's Single Sculls | ||
Training Jan Wienese en RIC dubbelvier 1967
Henri Jan Wienese (born 4 June 1942) is a former Dutch competition rower. He won the gold medal in single sculls at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, the only gold medal ever for the Netherlands in this event. He also won two European bronze medals in single sculls in 1965 and 1967, as well as a silver at the 1966 World Rowing Championships.
Through his sister Jetty Baars-Wienese, a former Dutch tennis champion, Wienese is the great-uncle of French NBA basketball player of the San Antonio Spurs, Tony Parker.
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