Herman Boelen (born 12 May 1939) is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq ...

in the coxless fours, together with

Jim Enters Jaap "Jim" Enters (born 8 November 1939) is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the coxless fours, together with Herman Boelen, Sipke Castelein and Sjoerd Wartena Sjoerd Wartena (born 1 May 1939) is a retired ...

, Sipke Castelein and

Sjoerd Wartena Sjoerd Wartena (born 1 May 1939) is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the coxless fours, together with Jim Enters, Herman Boelen and Sipke Castelein, and finished in fourth place. He won a silver medal in the coxe ...

, and finished in fourth place. He won a European bronze in the coxless pairs with Enters in 1963. Boelen's daughter Femke is also an Olympic rower. After retiring from competitions he worked as a rowing coach with the national junior team and as the chairman of his rowing club Willem III in Amsterdam. In 2005 he became Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

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* 1939 births Living people Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Rowers from Amsterdam European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Dutch sportsmen 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub