Claas Mertens
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Born | 2 January 1992 | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
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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]
References
- ^ http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/42900/results/mertens-claas [dead link]
- ^ "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.
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