Claas Mertens

Claas Mertens (born 2 January 1992) is a German lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette with the lightweight men's eight.[2] He also won ten German National Championship titles.[3] In 2018 Mertens represented Oxford in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race.[4] He was educated at Shrewsbury School then Harvard University, University of St. Gallen and Christ Church, Oxford.[5][6]

Claas Mertens

Personal information

Born

2 January 1992

Height

181 cm (5 ft 11 in)

Weight

75 kg (165 lb)

Sport

Rowing

Medal record

Men's rowing

Representing Germany
World Rowing Championships
	2015 Aiguebelette	Lwt eight
	2012 Trakai	Lwt 4x[1]

References

http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/42900/results/mertens-claas
"Claas Mertens". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
"verwaltung.rudern.de". verwaltung.rudern.de (in German). Retrieved 27 July 2018.
"Men's Blue Boat Crews | The Boat Race". The Boat Race. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
"Christ Church students selected for 2018 Cancer Research UK Boat Races | Christ Church, Oxford University". www.chch.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
"Universität St.Gallen | Wissen | Claas Mertens: "Mit viel Kaffee"". HSG Startseite (in German). Retrieved 27 July 2018.

World champions – Lightweight men's eight

FISA championships

1974: (Baldino, Gaynor, Nauman, Harman, Aserlind, Ewing, Feld, Grogan, cox Hartigan)
1975: (Meyer, Lutz, Braun, Maye, Fritsch, Buhren, Lobing, Kerkhoff, cox Neumeister)
1976: (Werner, Zimmer, Büsken, Nentwig, Neubert, Meschede, Huck, Nehmer, cox Sassenbach)
1977: (Read, Stuart-Bennett, George, Simpole, Cusack, Innes, Topolski, Drury, cox Sweeney)
1978: (Simpole, Read, Drury, Downie, Roberts, Zeun, Melvin, French, cox Moynihan)
1979: (Goicoechea, Arteaga, Uriarte, Expósito, Elizalde, Redondo, Puertas, Climent, cox Olasagasti)
1980: (Barratt, Hosking, Downie, Howe, Zeun, Roberts, Read, Simpole, cox Jefferies)
1981: (Knudsen, Jensen, Mølgaard, Højlund, Hansson, Eriksen, Espersen, Fransson, cox Klug-Andersen)
1982: (Valentinis, Torta, Pantano, Tontodonati, R. Borsini, L. Borsini, Castiglioni, Salani, cox Di Capua)
1983: (Moya, Cañete, Génova, Muniesa, Crespo, Briones, Llorente, Elizalde, cox Rojí)
1984: (Mølgaard, Jacobsen, Højlund, Hansson, Christensen, Jensen, Espersen, Kobbernagel, cox Rasmussen)

Official world championships

1985: (Losi, Savoia, Torcellan, Lana, Spremberg, Marostica, Re, Ravasi, cox Di Deco)
1986: (Losi, Savoia, Torcellan, Lana, Spremberg, Gaddi, Re, Ravasi, cox Di Deco)
1987: (Losi, Striani, Torcellan, Lana, Spremberg, Gaddi, Re, Ravasi, cox Zanetti)
1988: (Striani, Re, Spremberg, Losi, Ravasi, Barbaranelli, Bellomo, Torcellan, cox Velotti)
1989: (Barbaranelli, Romanini, Falossi, Fraquelli, Torcellan, Gaddi, Re, Ravasi, cox Lamberti)
1990: (Barbaranelli, Falossi, Gaddi, Ranieri, Ravasi, Re, Romanini, Striani, cox Lamberti)
1991: (Barbaranelli, Cantoni, Gaddi, Marigliano, Ranieri, Ravasi, Re, Romanini, cox Iannuzzi)
1992: (Andersen, Blitskov, Buck, Hansen, Jensen Kollat, Meyer, Poulsen, Vestergaard, cox Sorensen)
1993: (Boyes, Cookson, Fontaine, Hassett, Lay, Peaker, Sommerwil, Thompson, cox Newman)
1994: (Bates, Cox, Ellis, Hessian, Kay, Lemon, McNiven, Smith, cox Deakin)
1995: (Andersen, Bech Jensen, Buck, Glud, Henrichsen, Jensen Kollat, Jensen, Vestergaard, cox Larsen)
1996: (Bech, Edeler, Jenny, Locher, Mielke, Töpfer, Vukelic, Maerz, cox Klotz)
1997: (Balmforth, Berney, Burgess, Isherwood, Mitchell, Richards, Wiseman, Wright, cox Hayman)
1998: (Edeler, Ibielski, Laib, Locher, Rosenberger, Stomporowski, Strauch, Vukelic, cox Kaska)
1999: (Plifka, Kerber, Cashman, Den Besten, Cotter, Ruckman, Tripician, Kammann, cox Salamini)
2000: (Miller, Mack, Cashman, Winkler, Fedyna, Schwartz, Maclaurin, Warner, cox Fien-Helfman)
2001: (Dupy, Péron, Porchier, Bussière, Touron, Bette, Hocdé, Dorfman, cox Lattaignant)
2002: (Scala, Lodigiani, Del Gaudio, Moriconi, Paniccia, Grande, Fraquelli, Pasqualini, cox Di Palma)
2003: (Seibt, Raeder, Drews, Hasse, Borchardt, Schmidt, Hobein, Dahlke, cox Kaska)
2004: (Solforosi, Margat, Saïtta, Pouge, Bussière, Faucheux, Planque, Tilliet, cox Majerus)
2005: (Vlcek, Danesin, Savrie, Goretti, Scala, Moriconi, Del Gaudio, Gabriele, cox Barattolo)
2006: (Scala, Tuccinardi, La Padula, Sancassani, Goretti, Savrie, Vlcek, Gabriele, cox Lenzi)
2007: (van den Broek, Bottema, Blankert, Beemsterboer, Tromp, Greidanus, Snijders, Godschalk, cox Wiersum)
2008: (Carcagno, Bolton, Farrell, Altman, Todd, Daly, Paradiso, Muffelman, cox del Guercio)
2009: (Scala, Riccardi, La Padula, Goretti, Ceccatelli, Gallo, Vlcek, Mascarenhas, cox Lenzi)
2010: (Wisgott, Gerhardt, Lüke, Wichert, J. Kühner, Seibt, Schömann-Finck, M. Kühner, cox Kowert)
2011: (Bertrand, Brown, Tunevitsch, Gibson, Foot, Chisholm, Baker, Purcell, cox Webster)
2012: (M. Schömann-Finck, J. Schömann-Finck, M. Kühner, Schützeberg, Hochbruck, J. Kühner, Seibt, Wichert, cox Sauer)
2013: (Molteni, Amarante, Zaharia, Barbaro, Oppo, Serpico, Schisano, Di Girolamo, cox D'Aniello)
2014: (Franzmann, Barr, Neumann, Wallat, Wisgott, Kilthau, Keßler, Temel, cox Böhm)
2015: (Schad, Barr, Neumann, Roller, Franzmann, Wallat, Mertens, Temel, cox Heinemann)

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