Jan Wienese
![]() Wienese in 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Henri Jan Wienese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1942-06-04) 4 June 1942 (age 82) Amsterdam, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | De Amstel, Amsterdam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 first 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 former basketball player, Tony Parker.[4][5]
References
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- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jan Wienese". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012.
- ^ "Jan Wienese". sport.nl (in Dutch). National Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 May 2007.
- ^ "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften. Einer – Herren" [Rowing – World Championships. One – Men]. Sport-Komplett.de (in German). Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ Smeets, Mart (26 September 2015). "Als Tony mist, gaan 'les Bleus' de mist in". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ Verseput, Steven (19 June 2013). "Franse ster met Nederlands bloed". NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
External links
- Jan Wienese at World Rowing
- Henri Jan Wienese at World Rowing
- Henri Jan Wienese at Olympics.com
- Henri Jan Wienese at Olympedia
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- 1900:
Hermann Barrelet (FRA)
- 1904:
Frank Greer (USA)
- 1908:
Harry Blackstaffe (GBR)
- 1912:
Wally Kinnear (GBR)
- 1920:
Jack Kelly Sr. (USA)
- 1924:
Jack Beresford (GBR)
- 1928:
Bobby Pearce (AUS)
- 1932:
Bobby Pearce (AUS)
- 1936:
Gustav Schäfer (GER)
- 1948:
Mervyn Wood (AUS)
- 1952:
Yuriy Tyukalov (URS)
- 1956:
Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)
- 1960:
Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)
- 1964:
Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)
- 1968:
Jan Wienese (NED)
- 1972:
Yury Malyshev (URS)
- 1976:
Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
- 1980:
Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
- 1984:
Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
- 1988:
Thomas Lange (GDR)
- 1992:
Thomas Lange (GER)
- 1996:
Xeno Müller (SUI)
- 2000:
Rob Waddell (NZL)
- 2004:
Olaf Tufte (NOR)
- 2008:
Olaf Tufte (NOR)
- 2012:
Mahé Drysdale (NZL)
- 2016:
Mahé Drysdale (NZL)
- 2020:
Stefanos Ntouskos (GRE)
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