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Nereus Rowing Club
(Dutch: *De Amsterdamsche Studenten Roeivereeniging (ASR) Nereus*)
Location	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Home water	River Amstel
Founded	1885
Website	Nereus website
Events
	The Varsity
Distinctions
	Thames Challenge Cup 1885, Temple Challenge Cup 2004, Temple Challenge Cup 2015, 2021, Ladies' Challenge Plate 1969 at Henley Royal Regatta, 43 wins in the Oude Vier at Varsity (rowing regatta)

The Amsterdam Student Rowing Club (ASR) Nereus, (Dutch De Amsterdamsche Studenten Roeivereeniging (ASR) Nereus) is a rowing club in Amsterdam, Netherlands which was founded in 1885 by J. Schölvinck as a subsidiary organization of The Corps, an Amsterdam student rowing fraternity.

Within a short period of time, Nereus started proving itself by achieving big successes and winning its first event in 1888 followed by a winning streak of four Varsity victories 1891–1894. After obtaining national recognition, Nereus finally made its mark on the international rowing scene by winning at Hamburg in 1891 and by winning the Thames Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1895.

Nereus has provided rowers for the Netherlands' national Olympic crews, of which the golden men's eight in Atlanta (1996), the silver quad in Sydney (2000), the silver men's eight, bronze lightweight women's double and women's eight in Athens (2004) are examples. At the Beijing Olympics (2008), as well as the Rio de Janeiro Olympics (2016), Nereus lightweight women's double won the gold medal. One of the more notable members of Nereus is head coach Diederik Simon who has won two silver medals at the 2000 Sydney games and 2004 Athens games. Simon's most prestigious achievements come from his 1996 Gold in the men's eight at the 1996 Atlanta games, and his wins in the Oude Vier or Old four at the Varsity (rowing regatta). Another notable member is Tone Wieten, who is named the most successful Dutch Olympic rower ever after achieving Olympic bronze in Rio (2016), gold in Tokyo (2020), and gold again in Paris (2024), among others. Other notable members include Dirk Uittenbogaard, Veronique Meester, and Karolien Florijn.

Always there has been a lot of focus on top rowing. This is evidenced, among others, by the number Varsity victories. Nereus has won the most prestigious and oldest student rowing event of The Netherlands, The Varsity, which is modelled after the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, a total of 45 times. Internationally, Nereus also always blew along strongly, given the victories at Henley in 1895, 1969, 2004, 2015 and 2021. Many victories were also won by rowers of Nereus at world championships and Olympics, among others.

Nereus' delegation to the 2008 Beijing Olympics was eleven people strong and at the 2014 World Championships, as many as sixteen rowers from Nereus competed. As many as thirteen rowers from Nereus competed at the 2024 Paris Games, bringing back four gold and five silver medals to Amsterdam.

The club's first boathouse was built in 1886 along the River Amstel. It was situated closer to the centre of Amsterdam than the present one. The old boathouse was demolished during the Second World War. The current boathouse was opened in 1953. A miniature version of the Nereus boathouse can be found in Madurodam.

Membership of Nereus was originally confined to members of The Amsterdam Student Corps, also the ‘Corps’. Changes in Dutch society in the 1970s and decreasing membership levels caused Nereus to welcome non-Corps members as well as merging with its female counterpart Thetis.

Nereus celebrated the opening of its 28th lustrum at the 139rd Dies Natalis on December 15, 2024.

Honours

Olympics

Year	Place	Nereus rowers with podium finish	Results
1900	Paris	Herman Brockmann (cox)	Coxed pair
			Coxed four
			Eight
1964	Tokyo	Steven Blaisse, Ernst Veenemans	Coxless pair
1968	Mexico-City	Jan Wienese	Skiff
1972	Munich	Roel Luijenburg, Ruud Stokvis	Coxless pair
1984	Los Angeles	Lynda Cornet, Harriet van Ettekhoven	Eight
1996	Atlanta	Diederik Simon, Michiel Bartman	Eight
2000	Sydney	Martijntje Quik (cox)	Eight
2000	Sydney	Diederik Simon, Michiel Bartman	Quad scull
2004	Athens	Diederik Simon, Gerritjan Eggenkamp, Gijs Vermeulen, Michiel Bartman, Chun Wei Cheung (cox)	Eight
		Sarah Siegelaar	Eight
		Marit van Eupen, Kirsten van der Kolk	Double scull
2008	Peking	Marit van Eupen, Kirsten van der Kolk	Double scull
2008	Peking	Femke Dekker, Nienke Kingma, Sarah Siegelaar	Eight
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Ilse Paulis
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Robert Lücken, Boaz Meylink, Dirk Uittenbogaard, Tone Wieten	Eight
2020	Tokyo	Dirk Uittenbogaard, Tone Wieten, Abe Wiersma	Quad scull
		Karolien Florijn, Veronique Meester	Coxless four
		Ilse Paulis	Double scull
2024	Paris	Tone Wieten, Finn Florijn	Quad scull
		Veronique Meester	Pair scull
		Karolien Florijn	Skiff
		Bente Paulis	Quad scull
		Mick Makker, Gert-Jan van Doorn, Ruben Knab, Dieuwke Fetter (cox)	Eight

Henley Royal Regatta


Year	Races won
1895	Thames Challenge Cup
1969	Ladies' Challenge Plate, Stewards' Challenge Cup
2000	Queen Mother Challenge Cup
2015	Temple Challenge Cup
2021	Temple Challenge Cup