Bep van Klaveren
Dutch boxer (1907–1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lambertus "Bep" van Klaveren (26 September 1907 – 12 February 1992) was a Dutch boxer, who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Van Klaveren remains the only Dutch boxer to have won an Olympic gold medal. His younger brother Piet competed as a boxer at the 1952 Summer Olympics. [1]
In this Dutch name, the surname is van Klaveren, not Klaveren.
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Full name | Lambertus van Klaveren | |||||||||||
Nickname | The Dutch Windmill | |||||||||||
Nationality | Netherlands | |||||||||||
Born | (1907-09-26)26 September 1907 Rotterdam, the Netherlands | |||||||||||
Died | 12 February 1992(1992-02-12) (aged 84) Rotterdam, the Netherlands | |||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
Weight class | Featherweight | |||||||||||
Club | Schilperoord, Rotterdam | |||||||||||
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