Frederik Klaas Jan "Erik" Hartsuiker (19 October 1940 - 13 January 2019) was a Dutch rower who competed at the

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

and

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

. In 1964, he won a bronze medal in the

coxed pair A coxed pair, abbreviated as a 2+, is a racing shell used in the rowing (sport), sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat with sweep (rowing), sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain (rowing), coxswain (cox ...

s event, together with Herman Rouwé and Jan-Just Bos. Four years later, he finished ninth in the

coxed four A coxed four, abbreviated as a 4+, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one ...

s competition.

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1940 births 2019 deaths People from Avereest Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Overijssel 20th-century Dutch sportsmen 21st-century Dutch people {{netherlands-rowing-bio-stub