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Jan Wienese

Jan Wienese
Jan Wienese 1967.jpg
Wienese in 1967
Personal information
Full name Henri Jan Wienese
Born (1942-06-04) 4 June 1942 (age 74)
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, 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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