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Jozef Klaassen (born 5 March 1983 in
Thames, New Zealand Thames () is a town at the southwestern end of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the Firth of Thames close to the mouth of the Waihou River. The town is the seat of the Thames-Coromandel (district), New Zea ...
) is a
rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...
from the
Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
.Athlete biography: Jozef Klaassen
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Klaassen qualified for the
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
in
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with the Dutch eights forming a team with
Olaf van Andel Olaf van Andel (born 22 March 1984 in Tilburg) is a rower from the Netherlands.Rogier Blink Rogier Blink (born 13 January 1982 in Groningen) is a Dutch rower.
,
Meindert Klem Meindert Klem (born 16 October 1987 in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel) is a rower from the Netherlands.David Kuiper David Kuiper (born 12 December 1980 in Aduard) is a rower from the Netherlands.Diederik Simon Diederik Rudolf Simon (born 10 April 1970 in Bloemendaal, North Holland) is a rower from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country in five consecutive Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal with the ''Holland Acht'' (Holland Eight) at ...
, Olivier Siegelaar,
Mitchel Steenman Mitchel Steenman (born 17 June 1984 in Dirksland) is a Dutch rower.Peter Wiersum Peter Wiersum (born 1 November 1984 in Sutton Coldfield) is a Dutch former rowing coxswain. He is a three-time Olympian and won a world championship title in 2007. He competed in the 2007 World Rowing Championships in Munich and steered ...
. Due to an injury Siegelaar was replaced by
Reinder Lubbers Reinder Lubbers (born 6 November 1984 in Deventer) is a male rower from the Netherlands. The son of former Dutch cricket team captain Steven Lubbers, Lubbers took part in the World Championships of 2007 in Munich becoming fifth in the coxed fou ...
during the tournament, where the Dutch finished in 4th place. He competed for the Dutch men's eight again at the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
where they finished in 5th place. Klaassen is tall. An investment banker, he was a student of Boston University in Finance and Economic, from which he took a sabbatical for a year to train and compete in the Olympics. His parents are Dutch, which allowed him to row for the Dutch team, although he rankled Dutch fans when he told a New Zealand paper "I'm a Kiwi."


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1983 births Living people Dutch male rowers Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Thames, New Zealand Rowers from Waikato {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub