Jeffrey Gerard Klepacki (born December 17, 1968) is an American rower. He represented the

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in the Olympics (1992, 1996 and 2000). Klepacki led the US Heavyweight 8+ to the gold medal in the world rowing championships in 1994 and again won World Championship gold medals in the Heavyweight 8+ in 1998 and 1999. Klepacki grew up in

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, and started rowing while attending Kearny High School. He then attended

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* 1968 births Living people Kearny High School (New Jersey) alumni Sportspeople from Kearny, New Jersey Rutgers University alumni Olympic rowers for the United States Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States American male rowers Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rowing Rowers at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-rowing-bio-stub