Herman Boelen (born 12 May 1939) is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

in the coxless fours, together with

Jim Enters Jaap "Jim" Enters (born 8 November 1939) is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the coxless fours, together with Herman Boelen, Sipke Castelein and Sjoerd Wartena Sjoerd Wartena (born 1 May 1939) is a retired Du ...

Sipke Castelein Sipke Taeke Castelein (born 14 April 1941) is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the coxless fours, together with Jim Enters, Herman Boelen and Sjoerd Wartena Sjoerd Wartena (born 1 May 1939) is a retired Dut ...

and

Sjoerd Wartena Sjoerd Wartena (born 1 May 1939) is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the coxless fours, together with Jim Enters, Herman Boelen and Sipke Castelein Sipke Taeke Castelein (born 14 April 1941) is a retired Dut ...

, and finished in fourth place. He won a European bronze in the coxless pairs with Enters in 1963. Boelen's daughter Femke is also an Olympic rower. After retiring from competitions he worked as a rowing coach with the national junior team and as the chairman of his rowing club Willem III in Amsterdam. In 2005 he became Knight of the

Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau ( nl, Orde van Oranje-Nassau, links=no) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has ...

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1939 births Living people Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Rowers from Amsterdam European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub