Jan Wienese

Jan Wienese

Wienese in 1967
Personal information
Full name Henri Jan Wienese
Born (1942-06-04) 4 June 1942
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club De Amstel, Amsterdam
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
Men's rowing
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City Single sculls
World Rowing Championships
1966 Bled Single sculls
European Rowing Championships
1965 Duisburg Single sculls
1967 Vichy Single sculls

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,[1] the only gold medal ever for the Netherlands in this event.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4][5]

References

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  1. ↑ "Jan Wienese". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  2. ↑ "Jan Wienese". sport.nl (in Dutch). National Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2007-05-19.
  3. ↑ "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften. Einer – Herren" [Rowing – World Championships. One – Men]. Sport-Komplett.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-06-23.
  4. ↑ Smeets, Mart (September 26, 2015). "Als Tony mist, gaan 'les Bleus' de mist in" (in Dutch). Trouw. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  5. ↑ Verseput, Steven (June 19, 2013). "Franse ster met Nederlands bloed". NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved September 2, 2016.

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