Roelof Klein (7 June 1877 – 12 February 1960) was a Dutch rower who competed at the

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in Paris. Klein was part of the Dutch

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team that won a bronze medal with Hermanus Brockmann as the coxswain. Brockmann also steered the boat of Klein and

François Brandt François Antoine Brandt (29 December 1874 – 4 July 1949) was a Dutch rower who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. Brandt was part of the Dutch eight team that won a bronze medal with Hermanus Brockmann as the coxswain. Brockmann ...

in the

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s semifinal, which they lost to France. The pair realized that the 60 kg weight of Brockmann puts them in disadvantage; they replaced him with a local boy of 33 kg and won the final narrowly beating the French team. Klein had a degree in mechanical engineering and worked abroad for the Shell company. In 1910 he immigrated to the United States and died there in 1960.

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* 1877 births 1960 deaths Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers of the Netherlands Rowers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Friesland People from De Fryske Marren Olympic medalists in rowing Dutch emigrants to the United States Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub