 Jim Enters and Herman Boelen (right) in 1965 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1939-05-12) 12 May 1939 (age 85) 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.
Boelen's daughter Femke is also an Olympic rower. 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. In 2005 he became Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
References
- ^ 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.
- Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier ohne Steuermann). sport-komplett.de
- Herman Boelen at World Rowing
- Herman Boelen geridderd Archived 7 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. nlroei.nl. 29 April 2005.
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