Henri Jan Wienese

(Henri) Jan Wienese (born 4 June 1942) is a former Dutch competition rower. He won the gold medal in single sculls at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, the only gold medal ever for the Netherlands in this event.

Jan Wienese is the uncle of French NBA basketball player of the San Antonio Spurs, Tony Parker.

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