Meindert Klem

{{short description|Dutch rower}}

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Meindert Klem (born 16 October 1987 in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel) is a rower from the Netherlands.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080903140952/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/0/218150.shtml Athlete biography: Meindert Klem], beijing2008.cn, ret: 14 August 2008

Klem qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with the Dutch eights forming a team with Olaf van Andel, Jozef Klaassen, Rogier Blink, David Kuiper, Diederik Simon, Olivier Siegelaar, Mitchel Steenman and cox Peter Wiersum.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NED/summer/2008/ROW/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164317/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NED/summer/2008/ROW/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Netherlands Rowing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=6 May 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kl/meindert-klem-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101710/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kl/meindert-klem-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Meindert Klem Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=6 May 2017}} At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's pair with Nanne Sluis.

Klem began rowing in October 2002 at Willem III Rowing Club in Amsterdam, Netherlands.{{cite web |title= Meindert Klem |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/22014/results/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |accessdate=20 April 2018}} As a junior, he won the Dutch Indoor Rowing Championship in 2002, and the Ergohead in 2003.{{cn|date=April 2018}} He was selected for the Junior National Team for the Coupe de la Jeunesse in the double, and won two gold medals with double partner Jacques Huppes.{{cn|date=April 2018}}