Jan Wienese
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Wienese in 1967
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Full name | Henri Jan Wienese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
4 June 1942 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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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