Dirksland
Dirksland () is a village and former municipality on Goeree-Overflakkee Island in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality had a population of about 8,000 in 2007, and covered an area of about 74 km ...
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rower
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.Athlete biography: Mitchel Steenman beijing2008.cn, ret: 14 August 2008
Steenman took part in the World Championships of 2007 in
Munich
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with the Dutch eights forming a team with Olaf van Andel,
Jozef Klaassen
Jozef Klaassen (born 5 March 1983 in Thames, New Zealand) is a rower from the Netherlands.
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Meindert Klem
Meindert Klem (born 16 October 1987 in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel) is a rower from the Netherlands.David Kuiper,
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) ...