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| Born | 19 November 1962 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | RVO, RaW, RRC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Klaus Altena (born 19 November 1962) is a German lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1989 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia and 1990 in Tasmania, Australia with the lightweight men's four. [1]
He also keeps a record with the lightweight men's eight: 5:30.28 min. [1]
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