Jean Klein (rower)

{{short description|French rower}}

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Jean-Claude Klein (22 June 1944 – 1 December 2014){{Olympedia|36995}} was a French rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics. There, he won a silver medal in the four-oared shell with coxswain.{{cite book |title=Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists |publisher=Sussex Academic Press |last1=Taylor |first1=Paul |year=2004 |isbn=9781903900871 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tGcPDXOjxMoC&dq=%22Jews+and+the+Olympic+Games%22+jean+klein&pg=PA234}} He was Jewish, 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.