Herman Boelen
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 Jim Enters and Herman Boelen (right) in 1965 | ||||||||||
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| Born |
12 May 1939 Amsterdam, the Netherlands | |||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||
| Club | Willem III, Amsterdam | |||||||||
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Herman Boelen (born 12 May 1939) is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the coxless fours, together with Jim Enters, Sipke Castelein and Sjoerd Wartena, and finished in fourth place. He won a European bronze in the coxless pairs with Enters in 1963.[1][2]
Boelen's daughter Femke is also an Olympic rower.[1] After retiring from competitions he worked as a rowing coach with the national junior team and as the chairman of his rowing club Willem III in Amsterdam.[3] In 2005 he became Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[4]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Herman Boelen. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier ohne Steuermann). sport-komplett.de
- ↑ BOELEN Herman. rowingone.com
- ↑ Herman Boelen geridderd. nlroei.nl. 29 April 2005.
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