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Hans Bourquin
Hans Bourquin (30 May 1914 – November 1997) was a Swiss rowing coxswain of Seeclub Biel who, aged barely 14, coxed Karl and Hans Schöchlin to coxed pairs gold at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.
Hans Eller
Hans Eller (Johannes Edmund Karl Eller), German rower born 14 August 1910 in Danzig; won Olympic gold in the coxed fours at Los Angeles 1932 with Berlin RC; died 4 April 1943 in a POW camp in Russia.
Hans Gruhne
Hans Gruhne (born 1988, Berlin) is a German rower, 2016 Rio Olympic gold medalist in the men's quadruple sculls with Wende, Schoof, and Schulze; also 2015 world champion, three-time Olympian, Ruder-Club Potsdam.
Hans Joachim Luck
Hans-Joachim Lück (born 1953, Stralsund) is a German rower who won Olympic gold in the men's coxed eight for East Germany at Montreal 1976, then World Championship gold in 1977, and later became a rowing coach in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Hans Johann Farber
Hans-Johann Färber (born 1947, Šljivoševci) is a German rower, West Germany's 1972 Munich Olympic gold medalist in the coxed four (Bullenvierer), 1976 Montreal bronze medalist, grandfather of sculler Oliver Zeidler.
Hans Lenk
Hans Lenk (1935–2024), German rower and philosopher; Olympic gold in the men's eight at Rome 1960 (5:57.18), European champion 1958 and 1959, and professor of philosophy at Karlsruhe, first Olympic champion philosopher.
Hans Maier
Hans Maier (Johann Adolf Friedrich Maier, 1909-1943), German rower for MRV Amicitia Mannheim; Olympic silver coxless fours 1932, gold coxed fours 1936; killed at the Mareth Line, Tunisia. Distinct from the Dutch water polo player and the Bavarian politician of the same name.
Hans Peter Koppe
Hans Peter Koppe (Hans-Peter Koppe), born 1958 in Leipzig, is a German rower who won Olympic gold in the men's eights for East Germany at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, with world silver and bronze in 1982 and 1981.
Hans Schochlin
Hans Schöchlin (Hans Wilhelm Schöchlin, 1893–1978), Swiss rower and architect; Olympic gold in coxed pairs with brother Karl at Amsterdam 1928; also 1936 literature art competitor.
Hans Walter
Hans Walter (1889-1967), Swiss rower of Grasshopper Club Zürich; stroke of the coxed four that won Olympic gold at Antwerpen 1920 and Paris 1924, plus 1924 coxless-four bronze; not the Liechtenstein skier Hans-Walter Schädler.
Harold Tower
Harold William "Doc" Tower (1911–1994) was an American rower who won Olympic gold in the men's eights at Los Angeles 1932, rowing second seat for the University of California crew that beat Italy by 0.2 seconds.
Harry Blackstaffe
Harry Blackstaffe (Henry Thomas Blackstaffe, 1868-1951), English sculler of Vesta Rowing Club who won 1908 Olympic single sculls gold at age 40, oldest Olympic sculling champion, and 15-time winner of Britain's Triple Crown sculling events.
Harry Brightmore
Harry Brightmore (born 1994, Chester) is a British rowing coxswain who steered the GB men's eight to Paris 2024 Olympic gold, plus world titles in 2022 and 2023 and European titles in 2022 and 2024; now an Oxford University Boat Club assistant coach.
Harry Debaecke
Harry Debaecke (Harry Leopold DeBaecke, 1879-1961), American rower with Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club; stroke of the eight that won gold at the 1900 Paris Olympics, the first Olympic rowing regatta.
Heather Stanning
Heather Stanning (born 1985) is a retired British rower and Army Major who with Helen Glover won Olympic women's pair gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016, unbeaten in 39 races.
Heinz Jurgen Bothe
Heinz-Jürgen Bothe (born 1941, Berlin) is an East German rower who won 1968 Olympic gold in the coxless pairs with Jörg Lucke, then developed GDR racing boats at the FES institute. Not the Hannover 96 footballer Heinz Bothe.
Heinz Renneberg
Heinz Renneberg (Karlheinz Renneberg, 1927–1999), West German rower from RV Gelsenkirchen; 1952 Olympian in coxless pairs and 1960 Rome Olympic gold medalist in the coxed pairs with Bernhard Knubel and cox Klaus Zerta.
Helen Glover
Helen Glover is a British rower who won Olympic gold in the women's pair at London 2012 and Rio 2016, the first ever won by British female rowers.
Helma Lehmann
Helma Lehmann (née Mähren), born 1953 in Plaue an der Havel, East German rower with SC Dynamo Berlin; Olympic gold in the women's eight at Montréal 1976, world champion in the eights 1974 and coxed four 1975.
Hendrik Reiher
Hendrik Reiher (born 1962, Eisenhüttenstadt) is a German rowing coxswain; Olympic gold 1988 Seoul and silver 1992 Barcelona in the coxed fours, three world titles.
Henk Jan Zwolle
Henk Jan Zwolle (Henk-Jan Zwolle), Dutch rower born 1964 in Enschede: 1988 single sculls, 1992 double sculls bronze with Nico Rienks, 1996 Olympic gold men's eight; later coach, team manager, and World Rowing fairness official.
Henri Bouckaert
Henri Bouckaert (Jules Henri Bouckaert, 1870-1912), French rower of Cercle de l'Aviron Roubaix; won gold in the men's coxed fours at Paris 1900 in 7:11.0, and drowned in the Texas shipwreck in the Gulf of İzmir.
Henri Hazebrouck
Henri Hazebrouck (Henri Alphonse Hazebrouck, 1877–1948), French rower from Roubaix, Cercle de l'Aviron Roubaix; won gold in men's coxed fours at the 1900 Paris Olympics in 7:11.0 with Bouckaert, Cau, Delchambre, and coxswain Charlot.
Henrietta Ebert
Henrietta Ebert, born Henrietta Dobler (1954, Kirchmöser), East German rower with SC Dynamo Berlin; Olympic gold in the women's eight at Montréal 1976 (3:33.32), world eights gold 1974 and coxed fours gold 1975.
Henry Bucknall
Henry Cresswell "Togo" Bucknall (1885–1962), British rower; stroked Oxford's Boat Race crews 1905–06 and won gold in the men's eights for Leander Club at the 1908 London Olympics.
Henry Wells
Henry Bensley Wells (1891-1967), British rowing coxswain; coxed Leander Club's gold-medal eight at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and Oxford's Boat Race crews 1911-1914; later a County Court judge and MBE recipient.
Herb Morris
Herb Morris (Herbert Roger Morris, 1915-2009), American rower and University of Washington bow-seat oarsman who won gold in the men's eights at the 1936 Berlin Olympics; later a mechanical engineer at Manson Construction.
Herbert Adamski
Herbert Adamski (Herbert Felix Otto Adamski), German rower, 1910-1941; Olympic gold in coxed pairs at 1936 Berlin with Gerhard Gustmann and cox Dieter Arend; killed in action at Soltsy, USSR, in 1941.
Hermann Barrelet
Hermann Barrelet (Hermann Joseph Barrelet de Ricou), French rower, 1879–1964; won the men's single sculls at the 1900 Paris Olympics in 7:35.6, his only Games, after protesting St George Ashe's inclusion in the final.
Hermann Wilker
Hermann Wilker (1874–1941), German rower of Ludwigshafener RV; Olympic bronze in coxed fours 1900 Paris and gold 1912 Stockholm; five-time German coxless pair champion with Otto Fickeisen; author of Das Rudern.