Robbert Hendrik van Mesdag (18 January 1930 – 18 July 2018) was a Dutch rower who won a bronze medal in the

single scull A single scull (or a scull) is a rowing boat designed for a single person who propels the boat with two oars, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-section in order to minimi ...

s at the 1955 European Rowing Championships. He competed in this event at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

, but failed to reach the final.

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1930 births 2018 deaths Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hilversum Rowers from North Holland European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub