Jan van de Graaff (born 24 September 1944) is a retired Dutch rower. He won the world title in the

coxed pair A coxed pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain. The crew consists of two rowers, each having one oar, and a cox. One rower ...

at the

1966 World Rowing Championships The 1966 World Rowing Championships was the second time that world championships in rowing were held. The regatta was held from 8 to 11 September at Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. There were 613 rowers from 32 countries who competed ...

and a bronze medal in the coxed fours at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

. At the 1964 Olympics his team mates were Marius Klumperbeek (cox),

Lex Mullink Alex Gerhard "Lex" Mullink (born 19 December 1944) is a retired Dutch rower who won a bronze medal in the coxed fours at the 1964 Summer Olympics. References

1944 births Living people Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers of the Netherlands R ...

, Bobbie van de Graaf and

Freek van de Graaff Frederik Robbert "Freek" van de Graaff (20 February 1944 – 24 June 2009) was a Dutch rower who won a bronze medal in the coxed fours at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), we ...

. The three "van de Graaf(f)s" were all born in 1944.

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* 1944 births Living people Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers of 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 {{netherlands-rowing-bio-stub