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- ↑ Athlete biography: Meindert Klem, beijing2008.cn, ret: 14 August 2008
- ↑ "Netherlands Rowing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- 1 2 "Meindert Klem Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ↑ "Meindert Klem". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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