Hadriaan van Nes (born 7 August 1942) is a retired

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 ...

from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the

coxed pair A coxed pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain. The crew consists of two rowers, each having one oar, and a cox. One row ...

s at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

, alongside

Roderick Rijnders Roderick "Rody" Falesca Renee Trygvae Rijnders (1 March 1941 – 15 January 2018) was a coxswain from the Netherlands. He won the silver medal in the coxed pairs at the 1968 Summer Olympics, alongside Hadriaan van Nes and Herman Suselbeek ...

and

Herman Suselbeek Herman Johan "Suus" Suselbeek (born 27 November 1943) is a retired rower from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the coxed pairs at the 1968 Summer Olympics, alongside Hadriaan van Nes and coxswain Roderick Rijnders Roderick "Rody" ...

. He won a world title in 1966 and a European bronze medal in 1965 in this event. His daughter Eeke van Nes also became an Olympic rower.

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* 1942 births Living people Dutch male rowers Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Gorinchem Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub