Jeffrey Gerard Klepacki (born December 17, 1968) is an American rower. He represented the United States in the Olympics (1992, 1996 and 2000). Klepacki led the US Heavyweight 8+ to the gold medal in the world rowing championships in 1994 and again won World Championship gold medals in the Heavyweight 8+ in 1998 and 1999. Klepacki grew up in Kearny, New Jersey, and started rowing while attending Kearny High School.[1] He then attended Rutgers University.[2][3]
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| Full name | Jeffrey Gerard Klepacki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 17, 1968 (age 56) Kearny, New Jersey, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ Di Ionno, Mark. "The saddest stroke of all", The Star-Ledger, July 23, 2008, updated April 2, 2019. Accessed December 10, 2019. "'We're not abandoning the program,' said Klepacki, who like Jen Dore, took up crew on the Passaic River while at Kearny High School."
- ^ Wallace, William M. "ROWING; U.S. Heavyweights Win Gold at the Wire", The New York Times, September 19, 1994. Accessed November 1, 2007.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeff Klepacki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
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