Sjoerd Wartena

Sjoerd Wartena
Sipke Castelein and Sjoerd Wartena (right) in 1963
Personal information
Born (1939-05-01) 1 May 1939
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Nereus, Amsterdam

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, and finished in fourth place.[1][2] He won a silver medal in the coxed pairs at the 1963 European Championships.[3]

Son of a doctor, Wartena studied literature and worked at a university library in Amsterdam. In the 1970s he moved to a village in southern France, where he learned farming and in 2003 founded the movement Terre de Liens devoted to ecologically friendly agriculture.[4][5]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Sjoerd Wartena". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  2. Sjoerd Wartena at FISA WorldRowing.com
  3. Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.). sport-komplett.de
  4. Maria van Boxtel (April 2011) Franse landbouwgrond succesvol vrijgekocht door burgers. landco.nl
  5. Laetitia Clavreul (26 December 2008) Sjoerd Wartena soutient l'agriculture durable par l'achat collectif de terres. Le Monde


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