Hadriaan van Nes

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Nes, not Nes.
Hadriaan van Nes
Van Nes and Herman Suselbeek in 1968
Personal information
Born(1942-08-07)7 August 1942
Gorinchem, German-occupied Netherlands
Died9 October 2024(2024-10-09) (aged 82)
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubLaga, Delft
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City Coxed pair
World Rowing Championships
1966 Bled Coxed pair
European Rowing Championships
1965 Duisburg Coxed pair

Hadriaan van Nes (7 August 1942 – 9 October 2024) was a Dutch rower 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] His wife Meike de Vlas had died in 2022.

Van Nes died on 9 October 2024, at the age of 82.[3]

References

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  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.
  3. ^ Icoon Hadriaan van Nes is overleden: een sterk mens, in alle opzichten


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