Coenraad Christiaan Hiebendaal (10 April 1879 in

Gorinchem Gorinchem ( or ), also spelled Gorkum, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland South Holland ( nl, Zuid-Holland ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.7 million as of Oc ...

– 3 June 1921 in

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) was a Dutch

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

who competed in the

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. He was part of the Dutch boat ''

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'', which won the silver medal in the coxed fours final B. Coenraad Hiebendaal studied at the University of Amsterdam. Later in his life he became a

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1879 births 1921 deaths Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers of the Netherlands Rowers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Gorinchem Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub