Jan van de Graaff
 Jan van de Graaff in 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 September 1944 Hengelo, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Laga, Delft | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jan van de Graaff (born 24 September 1944) is a retired Dutch rower. He won the world title in the coxed pair at the 1966 World Rowing Championships and a bronze medal in the coxed fours at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1] At the 1964 Olympics his teammates were Marius Klumperbeek (cox), Lex Mullink, Bobbie van de Graaf and Freek van de Graaff. The three "van de Graaf(f)s" were all born in 1944.[2]
References
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- ↑ Jan van de Graaff at World Rowing
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jan van de Graaff". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
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Categories:
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Dutch male rowers
- Olympic rowers for the Netherlands
- Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Hengelo
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen
- Dutch rowing Olympic medalist stubs