Poulus Johannes "Poul" de Haan (born 5 October 1947) is a retired Dutch coxswain. Together with

Hadriaan van Nes Hadriaan van Nes (born 7 August 1942) is a retired rower from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the coxed pairs at the 1968 Summer Olympics, alongside Roderick Rijnders and Herman Suselbeek Herman Johan "Suus" Suselbeek (born 27 ...

and Jan van de Graaff he won the world title in 1966 in the coxed pair event and placed fourth in 1967. Since 1965 de Haan lives in

Delft Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, ...

, where he received a degree in

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage ...

(specialization environmental engineering). He worked in the areas of

soil remediation Environmental remediation deals with the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water. Remedial action is generally subject to an array of regulatory requirements, and may also ...

and water management for Rijkswaterstaat and

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

city authorities until retiring in 2012. He remains involved with rowing as a coach for the Laga club, and is also active as a local politician.AWP Delfland beste keuze voor roeiers
algemenewaterschapspartij.nl

References

1947 births Living people Dutch male rowers Sportspeople from Delft Rowers from South Holland World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands {{netherlands-rowing-bio-stub