Paulus Jan Lotsij (4 February 1880 in

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Western Netherlands, lo ...

– 19 September 1910 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch

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 ...

who competed in the

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. He was part of the Dutch boat ''

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'', which won the silver medal in the coxed fours final B. He is the younger brother of

Geert Lotsij Gerhard Oswald "Geert" Lotsij (13 January 1878 in Dordrecht – 29 June 1959 in Hilversum) was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad ( ...

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1880 births 1910 deaths Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Dordrecht Rowers from South Holland Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub