Henk-Jan Zwolle (born 30 November 1964 in

Enschede Enschede (; known as in the local Twents dialect) is a municipality and city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region. The eastern parts of the urban area reaches the border of the German city of Gronau ...

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) is a former rower from the Netherlands and two-time Olympic medallist. He competed in three consecutive

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, starting in 1988. Zwolle and

Nico Rienks Nicolaas "Nico" Hessel Rienks (born 1 February 1962) is a former rower from the Netherlands and two-time Olympic gold medallist. Rienks won the gold medal in the men's double sculls at the 1988 Summer Olympics, alongside Ronald Florijn. At the ...

won gold in double sculls at the

1991 World Rowing Championships The 1991 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 19 to 25 August 1991 in Vienna, Austria. The regatta was held on the New Danube. Medal summary The finals were raced on Saturday and Sunday, 24 and 25 August ...

in Vienna. The following year, they won a bronze medal in the men's double sculls at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. At the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, he claimed the gold medal in the men's eight event with the ''Holland Acht'' (Holland Eight). He married fellow Dutch rower Tessa Appeldoorn in October 1998.

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1964 births Living people Dutch male rowers Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Enschede Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub