Walter Meijer Timmerman Thijssen (28 September 1877 in

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– 3 July 1943 in

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) was a Dutch

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who competed in the

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. He was part of the Dutch boat '' Minerva Amsterdam'', which won the bronze medal in the eight event.

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1877 births 1943 deaths Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands People from Yogyakarta Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Dutch people of the Dutch East Indies {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub