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
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Coxed pair
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Bled Coxed pair
European Rowing Championships
Bronze medal – third place 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 passed away in 2022.

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

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