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Godfried Roëll

Godfried Roëll in 1932
Personal information
Born	5 April 1908 Utrecht, the Netherlands
Died	17 March 1934 (aged 25) Utrecht, the Netherlands
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Triton, Utrecht
Medal record Representing the  Netherlands European Rowing Championships 1931 Paris Coxless pair 1933 Budapest Coxless four

Godfried Leonard Roëll (5 April 1908 – 17 March 1934) was a Dutch rower. He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in the coxless pairs, together with Pieter Roelofsen, and finished fourth, 0.2 seconds behind the third place. Roëll and Roelofsen won the European title in 1931.

Roëll died in a motorcycle crash when he was aged 25.

References

1. "Godfried, Jonkheer Roëll". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015.
2. "Rowing at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015.
3. Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren) Zweier ohne Steuermann, Vierer o.Stm. sport-komplett.de

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