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Nico Rienks

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Nicolaas "Nico" Hessel Rienks (born 1 February 1962) is a former rower from the Netherlands and two-time Olympic gold medallist. Rienks won the gold medal in the men's double sculls at the 1988 Summer Olympics, alongside Ronald Florijn. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, he repeated his gold medal performance winning the eight with coxswain event with the Holland Acht (Holland Eight). He also competed at the 1984 and 2000 Olympics but finished outside the podium. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nico Rienks is the 3,173rd most popular athlete (down from 3,096th in 2019), the 1,184th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 1,213th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Dutch Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nico Rienks ranks 3,173 out of 6,025. Before him are Yohann Diniz, Chris Bumstead, Sha'Carri Richardson, Andrew Valmon, Mike Smith, and Kathy Hammond. After him are Abdullo Tangriev, Andrew Triggs Hodge, Ann Kristin Flatland, Jessica Watson, Włodzimierz Zawadzki, and Sturla Holm Lægreid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Nico Rienks ranks 768. Before him are Cristieana Cojocaru, Harald Winkler, Mark Pellington, Nergüin Enkhbat, Andrei Kravchuk, and Bengt Baron. After him are Leif Engqvist, Kossi Efoui, Kevin Lima, Sarika, Gregory Chamitoff, and Lee Aaron.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nico Rienks ranks 1,185 out of 1,646. Before him are Marco V (1967), Arno van Zwam (1969), Hans Hateboer (1994), Jutta Leerdam (1998), Esther Vergeer (1981), and Hendrie Krüzen (1964). After him are Ingrid Haringa (1964), Charlotte Wessels (1987), Vincent Janssen (1994), Ids Postma (1973), Irfan Bachdim (1988), and Jeffrey Bruma (1991).

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Among ATHLETES In Netherlands

Among athletes born in Netherlands, Nico Rienks ranks 40. Before him are Michael van Gerwen (1989), Dafne Schippers (1992), Rico Verhoeven (1989), Femke Bol (2000), Edward Gal (1970), and Niels van der Zwan (1967). After him are Deborah Gravenstijn (1974), Michiel Bartman (1967), Elisabeth Willeboordse (1978), Marit van Eupen (1969), Bart Veldkamp (1967), and Jeroen Dubbeldam (1973).

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