Meindert Klem (born 16 October 1987 in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel) is a rower from the Netherlands. [1]
Klem qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with the Dutch eights forming a team with Olaf van Andel, Jozef Klaassen, Rogier Blink, David Kuiper, Diederik Simon, Olivier Siegelaar, Mitchel Steenman and cox Peter Wiersum. [2] [3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's pair with Nanne Sluis. [3]
Klem began rowing in October 2002 at Willem III Rowing Club in Amsterdam, Netherlands. [4] As a junior, he won the Dutch Indoor Rowing Championship in 2002, and the Ergohead in 2003.[ citation needed ] He was selected for the Junior National Team for the Coupe de la Jeunesse in the double, and won two gold medals with double partner Jacques Huppes.[ citation needed ]
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