Birth Date: | 1947 10, df=yes |
Sport: | Rowing |
Club: | Laga, Delft |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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Poulus Johannes "Poul" de Haan (born 5 October 1947) is a retired Dutch coxswain. Together with Hadriaan van Nes and Jan van de Graaff he won the world title in 1966 in the coxed pair event and placed fourth in 1967.[1]
Since 1965 de Haan lives in Delft, where he received a degree in civil engineering (specialization environmental engineering). He worked in the areas of soil remediation and water management for Rijkswaterstaat and Rotterdam city authorities until retiring in 2012.[2] He remains involved with rowing as a coach for the Laga club, and is also active as a local politician.[3]