Roelof Luynenburg
Roelof "Roel" Johan Luynenburg (born May 23, 1945 in Haarlem ) is a former Dutch rower .
The 2.03 m tall Roelof Luynenburg from Nereus Amsterdam won the bronze medal in the four without a helmsman at the rowing world championships in 1966 together with Maarten Kloosterman , Eric Niehe and Rudolf Stokvis . Two years later, Stokvis and Luynenburg competed at the 1968 Olympic Games in two without a helmsman and achieved sixth place. The greatest success of their athletic careers came at the 1972 Olympic Games when they won the bronze medal behind the two-men from the GDR and Switzerland. In between, Luynenburg had reached fifth place with the Dutch eighth at the European Championships in 1971 .
Web links
Commons : Roelof Luynenburg - Collection of Images
- Roelof Luynenburg in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Roelof Luynenburg at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
- World championships in four without a helmsman
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| SURNAME | Luynenburg, Roelof |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Luynenburg, Roel (short name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haarlem |