Roel Luynenburg
Appearance
![]() Luynenburg (right) and Ruud Stokvis in 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Haarlem, Netherlands | 23 May 1945|||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 November 2023 Amsterdam, Netherlands | (aged 78)|||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Nereus, Amsterdam | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Roelof "Roel" Johan Luynenburg (23 May 1945 – 6 November 2023)[1] was a Dutch rower, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1968. Four years later, he won the bronze medal in the coxless pairs alongside Ruud Stokvis.[2] Luynenburg also won a bronze medal in the coxless fours at the 1966 World Rowing Championships.[3]
Luynenburg died in November 2023, at the age of 78.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Roel Luynenburg
- ^ Roel Luynenburg. sports-reference.com
- ^ Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften. sport-komplett.de
- ^ "Voormalig roeier Roel Luynenburg (78) overleden; brons bij Spelen in 1972". NOS (in Dutch). 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
Categories:
- 1945 births
- 2023 deaths
- Dutch male rowers
- Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rowers for the Netherlands
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Haarlem
- Rowers from North Holland
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Dutch Olympic medalist stubs
- Dutch rowing biography stubs