Harry Droog

Harry Droog
Harry Droog in 1968
Personal information
Born (1944-12-17) 17 December 1944
Beemster, the Netherlands
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubProteus-Eretes, Delft
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Double sculls

Henricus Antonius "Harry" Droog (born 17 December 1944) is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the double sculls event, together with Leendert van Dis.[1] In 1975 he won the Silver Goblets and Nickalls' Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta with Roel Luijnenburg.

In 2025, he set a world record for indoor rowing marathon (42,195 meters) for 80-84 year old men. His time was 2:59:37.7.[2] He also set records for most meters in one hour[3] and fastest half-marathon (21,097 meters ) in the 80-84 year old age bracket.[4]

References

  1. ^ Harry Droog. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Concept2. "Marathon records". Retrieved 9 August 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Concept2. "60 Minutes World Records". Retrieved 9 August 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Concept2. "Half-marathon World Records". Retrieved 9 August 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)