Jan van de Graaff

Jan van de Graaff (born 24 September 1944) is a retired Dutch rower. He won the world title in the coxed pair at the 1966 World Rowing Championships and a bronze medal in the coxed fours at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1] At the 1964 Olympics his team mates were Marius Klumperbeek (cox), Lex Mullink, Bobbie van de Graaf and Freek van de Graaff. The three "van de Graaf(f)s" were all born in 1944.[2]

Jan van de Graaff
Jan van de Graaff in 1966
Personal information
Born (1944-09-24) 24 September 1944
Hengelo, Netherlands
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubLaga, Delft

References

  1. Jan van de Graaff at FISA WorldRowing.com
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jan van de Graaff". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.


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