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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 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Nico Rienks is the 3,203rd most popular athlete (down from 3,053rd in 2024), the 1,203rd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 1,213th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Dutch Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nico Rienks ranks 3,203 out of 6,025. Before him are Yohann Diniz, Chris Bumstead, Sha'Carri Richardson, Andrew Valmon, Mike Smith, and Kathy Hammond. After him are Domenico Semeraro, Abdullo Tangriev, Sylvia Rose, Andrew Triggs Hodge, Ann Kristin Flatland, and Jessica Watson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Nico Rienks ranks 876. Before him are Harald Winkler, Bruce Robertson, Mark Pellington, Nergüin Enkhbat, Andrei Kravchuk, and Bengt Baron. After him are Sylvia Rose, Leif Engqvist, Kossi Efoui, Volodymyr Sheiko, Ronny Jordan, and Olaf Heukrodt.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nico Rienks ranks 1,204 out of 1,646. Before him are Arno van Zwam (1969), Hans Hateboer (1994), Jutta Leerdam (1998), Tom Nijssen (1964), Esther Vergeer (1981), and Hendrie Krüzen (1964). After him are Ingrid Haringa (1964), Martine Ohr (1964), Charlotte Wessels (1987), Vincent Janssen (1994), Jeroen Duyster (1966), and Ids Postma (1973).

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Among ATHLETES In Netherlands

Among athletes born in Netherlands, Nico Rienks ranks 41. Before him are Dafne Schippers (1992), Rico Verhoeven (1989), Femke Bol (2000), Edward Gal (1970), Henk-Jan Zwolle (1964), and Niels van der Zwan (1967). After him are Martine Ohr (1964), Jeroen Duyster (1966), Deborah Gravenstijn (1974), Michiel Bartman (1967), Elisabeth Willeboordse (1978), and Marit van Eupen (1969).

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