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Sjoerd Wartena

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Sjoerd Wartena
Sipke Castelein and Sjoerd Wartena (right) in 1963
Personal information
Born (1939-05-01) 1 May 1939 (age 85)
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubNereus, Amsterdam
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  Netherlands
European Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1963 Copenhagen Coxed pair

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.[1][2] He won a silver medal in the coxed pairs at the 1963 European Championships.[3]

Son of a doctor, Wartena studied literature and worked at a university library in Amsterdam. In the 1970s he moved to a village in southern France, where he learned farming and in 2003 founded the movement Terre de Liens devoted to ecologically friendly agriculture.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sjoerd Wartena". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ Sjoerd Wartena at World Rowing
  3. ^ Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.). sport-komplett.de
  4. ^ Maria van Boxtel (April 2011) Franse landbouwgrond succesvol vrijgekocht door burgers. landco.nl
  5. ^ Laetitia Clavreul (26 December 2008) Sjoerd Wartena soutient l'agriculture durable par l'achat collectif de terres. Le Monde