Bep van Klaveren

Name: Bep van Klaveren
Alias: The Dutch Windmill
Birth Name: Lambertus Steenhorst
Hometown: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died: 1992-02-12 (Age:84)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 173cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Bep van Klaveren was a Gold Medalist at featherweight in the 1928 Olympic Games. To this day, he remains the only Dutchman to have ever won an Olympic Gold Medal.

In 1992, a memorial statue was dedicated for van Klaveren in Rotterdam, which was designed by Dutch sculptor Willem Verbon.

Olympic results

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

External Links

• Image of van Klaveren's statue from the Dutch wikipedia: [1]

Reference sources

• Jack Carroll and Bep van Klaveren posing in front of a Black Lance advertisement 1935 - held and digitised as part of the Arnold Thomas boxing collection by the National Library of Australia