Jan Bruyn

Last updated

Jan Bruyn
Jan Bruyn 1972.jpg
Jan Bruyn in 1972
Personal information
Born (1948-10-09) 9 October 1948 (age 76)
The Hague, the Netherlands
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubSkadi, Rotterdam

Jannes Albert "Jan" Bruyn (born 9 October 1948) is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the double sculls event, together with Paul Veenemans, and finished in seventh place. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zander de Bruyn</span>

Zander de Bruyn is a former South African cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He played three Test matches for South Africa, and played domestic cricket for the Highveld Lions. He was a batting all-rounder whose elegance at the crease drew comparisons with former South African captain Hansie Cronje. His medium-pace bowling was able to take the pressure off the front-line bowlers, with his ability to restrict the run-rate and take partnership-breaking wickets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jan Joest</span>

Jan Joest, also known as Jan Joest van Kalkar or Jan Joest van Calcar, was a Dutch painter from either Kalkar or Wesel, known for his religious paintings.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Netherlands at the 1980 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

In carbohydrate chemistry, the Lobry de Bruyn–Van Ekenstein transformation also known as the Lobry de Bruyn–Alberda van Ekenstein transformation is the base or acid catalyzed transformation of an aldose into the ketose isomer or vice versa, with a tautomeric enediol as reaction intermediate. Ketoses may be transformed into 3-ketoses, etcetera. The enediol is also an intermediate for the epimerization of an aldose or ketose.

Events from the year 1607 in art.

Albert Janse Ryckman was an 18th-century American businessman and politician who served as the 9th Mayor of Albany from 1702 to 1703.

Anna Maria de Bruyn was a leading Dutch stage actress and ballet dancer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barthel Bruyn the Elder</span> German painter

Bartholomäus Bruyn (1493–1555), usually called Barthel Bruyn or Barthel Bruyn the Elder, was a German Renaissance painter active in Cologne. He painted altarpieces and portraits, and was Cologne's foremost portrait painter of his day.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicolaes de Bruyn</span>

Nicolaes de Bruyn was a Flemish engraver, who after training in Antwerp was active in the Dutch Republic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna Francisca de Bruyns</span> French artist (1604-1675)

Anna Francisca de Bruyns, sometimes known as Anne Françoise de Bruyns, was a Flemish Baroque painter. She was born in 1604 in Morialmé. Born into an upper middle class family and raised by relatives who were employed as court artists, de Bruyns was one of many women artists of her time, and while there is little English scholarship about her, she is one of the best documented of her peers. She was taught to paint by her older cousin, Jacob Franquart. She was painting by the age of seventeen and is said to have surpassed many painters of her time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Veenemans</span> Dutch rower

Paul Jan Veenemans was a Dutch rower. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the doubled sculls, together with Jan Bruyn, and finished in seventh place. His elder brother Ernst was also an Olympic rower.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jan van Londerseel</span>

Jan van Londerseel was a Flemish draughtsman, engraver, etcher and print maker. After training and working in Antwerp he was active in the Dutch Republic during the latter part of his career.

Theunis Booysen de Bruyn is a former South African cricketer who represents Northerns. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls occasional right-arm medium-fast.

Bruin, Bruijn, Bruyn and Bruins are Dutch surnames. They can be equivalent to the English surname Brown or, particularly for the form "Bruins", be patronymic as Bruin/Bruijn is a now rare Dutch form of Bruno. The form "the brown" is more common.

<i>The Shipbuilder and his Wife</i> 1633 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn

The Shipbuilder and his Wife is a 1633 painting by Rembrandt. The sitters were identified in 1970 as Jan Rijcksen (1560/1562–1637) and his wife Griet Jans Rijcksen. Rijcksen was a shareholder in the Dutch East India Company, and became its master shipbuilder in 1620. The painting has been in the Royal Collection since 1811.

Alexandre De Bruyn is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Challenger Pro League side Lierse as an attacking midfielder.

References

  1. Jan Bruyn Archived 9 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com