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Niels van Steenis, Dutch rower
Niels Henning van Steenis is a former 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. There he won the gold medal with the Holland Acht (Holland Eights).
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Niels van Steenis was born in 1969. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Niels van Steenis's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1969 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.35 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $16,400 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $10,900 | $67,500 |
| Minimum wage | $1.60 | $7.25/hr (federal) |
| Movie ticket | $1.42 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.06 | $0.73 |
| Population | 202.7M | 341 million |
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