Lien Veenstra
Veenstra started with coaching in 1957. She almost only coached women's teams. Their pupils had to national and international successes. One of her pupils was Meike de Vlas. She became three times national champion, finished fifth at the 1962 European Rowing Championships in West Germany and won the first women's international medal at the 1964 European Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, where she won the silver medal in the skiff. That year she became Honorary Member of rowing club De Hunze, where she was also chairman, secretary, treasurer and competition commissioner. She would remain the chairman of the club for a long time.