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{{short description|Dutch rower}}
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| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1967|6|25|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Scheveningen]], [[South Holland]], the Netherlands
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| sport            = [[rowing (sport)|rowing]]
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Rowing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's eight|Eight]] }}
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'''Cornelis Pieter "Niels" van der Zwan''' (born 25 June 1967 in [[Scheveningen]], [[South Holland]]) is a former [[Rowing (sport)|rower]] from the [[Netherlands]], who competed for his native country at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]. There he won the gold medal  with the ''Holland Acht'' (Holland Eights). He also competed at the 1992 and [[2000 Summer Olympics]].

==References==
* {{in lang|nl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070609180222/http://www.sport.nl/overige/deelnemersfinder/ Dutch Olympic Committee]

{{Olympic champions – Men's eight}}

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[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Dutch male rowers]]
[[Category:Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic rowers for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Rowers from The Hague]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in rowing]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen]]


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