Jan Wienese

Jan Wienese

Wienese in 1967
Personal information
Full name	Henri Jan Wienese
Born	4 June 1942 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	De Amstel, Amsterdam
Medal record Representing the  Netherlands Men's rowing Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Single sculls World Rowing Championships 1966 Bled Single sculls European Rowing Championships 1965 Duisburg Single sculls 1967 Vichy Single sculls

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 in Mexico City,^[1] the only gold medal ever for the Netherlands in this event.^[2] 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.^[3]

Through his sister Jetty Baars-Wienese, a former Dutch tennis champion, Wienese is the great-uncle of French NBA basketball player of the San Antonio Spurs, Tony Parker.^[4][5]

References

1. "Jan Wienese". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
2. "Jan Wienese". sport.nl (in Dutch). National Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2007-05-19.
3. "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften. Einer – Herren" [Rowing – World Championships. One – Men]. Sport-Komplett.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-06-23.
4. Smeets, Mart (September 26, 2015). "Als Tony mist, gaan 'les Bleus' de mist in" (in Dutch). Trouw. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
5. Verseput, Steven (June 19, 2013). "Franse ster met Nederlands bloed". NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved September 2, 2016.

External links

• Jan Wienese at WorldRowing.com from FISA