Bep van Klaveren

Bep van Klaveren
	Bep van Klaveren at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Lambertus van Klaveren
Nickname	The Dutch Windmill
Nationality	Netherlands
Born	26 September 1907; Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland
Died	12 February 1992 (aged 84); Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Featherweight
Club	Schilperoord, Rotterdam
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing the Netherlands
Olympic Games

Lambertus "Bep" van Klaveren (26 September 1907 – 12 February 1992) was a Dutch boxer, who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Born in Rotterdam as Lambertus Steenhorst, he adopted the name of his stepfather Pieter van Klaveren when he was eight. His nickname was The Dutch Windmill.

Olympic results

1st round bye
Defeated Juan Muñoz (Spain) PTS
Defeated Frederick Perry (Great Britain) PTS
Defeated Harry Devine (United States) PTS
Defeated Victor Peralta (Argentina) PTS

Pro career

In 1931 he became European champion in the lightweight division and in 1938 he won the same title in the middleweight division. Van Klaveren contested his last match at age 48, on 19 March 1956. His younger brother Piet competed as a boxer for The Netherlands at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Honours

In 1992, a memorial statue was dedicated for van Klaveren in Rotterdam, which was designed by Dutch sculptor Willem Verbon. To this day, van Klaveren remains the only Dutchman to have ever won an Olympic Gold Medal in boxing.

The 1992 statue for Bep van Klaveren in Rotterdam

References

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