Bobbie van de Graaf

Robert "Bobbie" van de Graaf (born 17 March 1944) is a retired Dutch rower who won a bronze medal in the coxed fours at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1] His team mates were Marius Klumperbeek (cox), Lex Mullink, Freek van de Graaff and Jan van de Graaff. The latter two were also born in 1944 and are unrelated to Bobbie.[2]

In this Dutch name, the surname is van de Graaf, not Graaf.
Bobbie van de Graaf
Bobbie van de Graaf (left) and Freek van de Graaff in 1967
Personal information
Full nameRobert van de Graaf
Born (1944-03-17) 17 March 1944
Macclesfield, Great Britain
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubLaga, Delft
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1964 TokyoCoxed four

References
  1. "Robert van de Graaf". RowingOne.com. World Rowing. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bobbie van de Graaf". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014.

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