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
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in
Mexico City
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,
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
The 1966 World Rowing Championships was the second time that world championships in rowing were held. The regatta was held from 8 to 11 September at Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. There were 613 rowers from 32 countries who competed ...
.
Through his sister Jetty Baars-Wienese, a former Dutch tennis champion, Wienese is the great-uncle of French former
basketball
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player,
Tony Parker.
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1942 births
Living people
Dutch male rowers
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic medalists in rowing
Olympic rowers of the Netherlands
Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Rowers from Amsterdam
World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands
European Rowing Championships medalists
20th-century Dutch people
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