Claas Mertens

Claas Mertens
Personal information
Born (1992-01-02) 2 January 1992
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing

Claas Mertens (born 2 January 1992) is a German lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette with the lightweight men's eight.[1] He also won ten German National Championship titles.[2] In 2018 Mertens represented Oxford in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race.[3] He was educated at Shrewsbury School then Harvard University, University of St. Gallen and Christ Church, Oxford. [4][5]

References

  1. "Claas Mertens". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. "verwaltung.rudern.de". verwaltung.rudern.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  3. "Men's Blue Boat Crews | The Boat Race". The Boat Race. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  4. "Christ Church students selected for 2018 Cancer Research UK Boat Races | Christ Church, Oxford University". www.chch.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  5. "Universität St.Gallen | Wissen | Claas Mertens: «Mit viel Kaffee»". HSG Startseite (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-27.


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