Jan Wienese

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Jan Wienese
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Wienese in 1967
Personal information
Full name Henri Jan Wienese
Born (1942-06-04) 4 June 1942 (age 81)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club De Amstel, Amsterdam

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]

Wienese is the great-uncle of the French NBA basketball player of the San Antonio Spurs, Tony Parker.

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