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. He won a world title in 1966 and a European bronze medal in 1965 in this event.[1] His daughter Eeke van Nes also became an Olympic rower.[2]

Hadriaan van Nes
Hadriaan van Nes and Herman Suselbeek in 1968
Personal information
Born (1942-08-07) 7 August 1942
Gorinchem, the Netherlands
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubLaga, Delft

References

  1. 1966 World Championships—Bled Yugoslavia Archived 21 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. rowinghistory-aus.info
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hadriaan van Nes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.


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