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.Athlete biography: Jozef Klaassen beijing2008.cn, ret: 14 August 2008
Klaassen qualified for the
2008 Summer Olympics
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with the Dutch eights forming a team with
Olaf van Andel
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Meindert Klem
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David Kuiper (born 12 December 1980 in Aduard) is a rower from the Netherlands.Diederik Simon
Diederik Rudolf Simon (born 10 April 1970 in Bloemendaal, North Holland) is a rower from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country in five consecutive Summer Olympics.
He won the gold medal with the ''Holland Acht'' (Holland Eight) ...
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Olivier Siegelaar
Olivier Siegelaar (born 24 October 1986, in Haarlem) is a rower from the Netherlands., beijing2008.cn, ret: 14 August 2008
Siegelaar qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with the Dutch eights forming a team with Olaf van ...
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Mitchel Steenman
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Peter Wiersum (born 1 November 1984 in Sutton Coldfield) is a Dutch former rowing coxswain.Reinder Lubbers
Reinder Lubbers (born 6 November 1984 in Deventer) is a male rower from the Netherlands.
The son of former Dutch cricket team captain Steven Lubbers, Lubbers took part in the World Championships of 2007 in Munich becoming fifth in the coxed fo ...
during the tournament, where the Dutch finished in 4th place. He competed for the Dutch men's eight again at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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where they finished in 5th place.
Klaassen is tall. An investment banker, he was a student of Boston University in Finance and Economic, from which he took a sabbatical for a year to train and compete in the Olympics.
His parents are Dutch, which allowed him to row for the Dutch team, although he rankled Dutch fans when he told a New Zealand paper "I'm a Kiwi."