Lambertus "Bep" van Klaveren (September 26, 1907 – February 12, 1992) was a Dutch

Netherlands

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 boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

, who won the gold medal in the featherweight

Featherweight

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 division at the 1928 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

 in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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. Born in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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 as Lambertus Steenhorst, he adopted the name of his stepfather Pieter van Klaveren when he was eight. His nickname

Nickname

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 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
  Víctor Peralta
  For the Mexican long-distance runner with the same name see Víctor Peralta Víctor Peralta was an Argentine boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He was born in Buenos Aires....
  
   (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 March 19, 1956. His younger brother Piet

Piet van Klaveren

Pieter van Klaveren is a former boxer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Men's Light Welterweight division by Terence Milligan of Ireland...

 competed as a boxer for The Netherlands at the 1952 Summer Olympics

1952 Summer Olympics

The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...

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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.