Eeke Geertruida van Nes (born 17 April 1969) is a retired

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

from the Netherlands. She won three Olympic medals, a bronze in the double sculls in 1996, with Irene Eijs, and two silver medals in 2000, in eights and double sculls. Between 1995 and 1999 she won four medals at the world championships. Van Nes is a daughter of the rowers Hadriaan van Nes and Meike de Vlas and granddaughter of football player Jan Thomée.

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1969 births Living people Dutch female rowers Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Rowers from Delft Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub