Hadriaan van Nes
Van Nes and Herman Suselbeek in 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 7 August 1942 Gorinchem, German-occupied Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 October 2024 (aged 82) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Laga, Delft | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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. His daughter Eeke van Nes also became an Olympic rower. His wife Meike de Vlas had died in 2022.
Van Nes died on 9 October 2024, at the age of 82.