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]

Herman Boelen
Jim Enters and Herman Boelen (right) in 1965
Personal information
Born (1939-05-12) 12 May 1939 (age 85)
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubWillem III, Amsterdam
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  Netherlands
European Rowing Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Copenhagen Coxless pairs

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Herman Boelen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014.
  2. ^ Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier ohne Steuermann). sport-komplett.de
  3. ^ Herman Boelen at World Rowing
  4. ^ Herman Boelen geridderd Archived 7 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. nlroei.nl. 29 April 2005.
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