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Full name | Jan Kouwenhoven | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||
Born | Sneek | 16 November 1965||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6.1 ft) | ||||||||||||||
Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
Class | 470 | ||||||||||||||
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Updated on 2014-02-01 |
Jan Kouwenhoven (born 16 November 1965 in Sneek) is a sailor from the Netherlands,[1] who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics[2][3] in Barcelona.[4] Kouwenhoven as crew in the Dutch Men's 470 with his twin brother Ben Kouwenhoven as helmsman took the 16th place.[5] In 1996 Kouwenhoven returned to the Olympics in Savannah, Georgia. Again with his brother, Kouwenhoven took 24th place in the Men's 470.[1]
Kouwenhoven holds a Bachelor's degree in Business/Managerial Economics at the Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden. Nowadays Kouwenhoven is account manager for Croon Elektrotechniek (2003 – Present).[6]