Roelof Klein

Roelof Klein, who lived from 7 June 1877 to 12 February 1960, was a Dutch rower who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. He was part of the Dutch eight that won a bronze medal. Together with François Brandt he also rowed the coxed pairs, where the crew replaced its 60 kilogram coxswain with a local boy of 33 kilograms to reduce the weight in the boat, and then narrowly beat the French team in the final. Away from the water Klein held a degree in mechanical engineering and worked abroad for the Shell company, and in 1910 he emigrated to the United States, where he died.