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Jean Klein (rower)

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Jean Klein
Medal record
Men's rowing
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome Coxed four

Jean-Claude Klein (22 June 1944 – 1 December 2014)[1] was a French rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics. There, he won a silver medal in the four-oared shell with coxswain.[2] He was Jewish,[2] and was born in Créteil. In 1960 he was the coxswain of the French boat which won the silver medal in the coxed fours event.

References

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  1. ^ Jean Klein at Olympedia
  2. ^ a b Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900871.
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