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| Full name | Max Adolf Karsten Meyer | ||||||||||
| Nationality | German | ||||||||||
| Born | 5 November 1937 (age 85) Hannover, Niedersachsen | ||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||||||||
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Max Adolf Karsten Meyer [1] (born 5 November 1937) was a German competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. [2] He won a bronze medal in the Star class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, together with Wilhelm Kuhweide. [3]
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