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| Full name | Klaus Baard Baess | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 November 1924 (1924-11-10) Frederiksberg, Denmark | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 September 2018 (2018-09-17) (aged 93) | ||||||||||||||
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| Class | Dragon | ||||||||||||||
| Club |  Royal Danish Yacht Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Klaus Baard Baess (10 November 1924 – 16 September 2018) was a Danish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He was born in Frederiksberg. He won a bronze medal in the Dragon class at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, together with William Berntsen and Ole Berntsen. Baess died on 16 September 2018 at the age of 93.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Klaus Baess". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- "Mindeord. Great Dane-bygger og OL-bronzevinder Klaus Baess er gået bort". minbaad.dk (in Danish). 21 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
External links
- Klaus Baard Baess at World Sailing
- Klaus Baard Baess at Olympics.com
- Klaus Baess at Olympedia (archive)
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- 1924 births
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- Danish male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors for Denmark
- Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Frederiksberg
- Sailors (sport) from the Capital Region of Denmark
- Royal Danish Yacht Club sailors
- 20th-century Danish sportsmen
- Danish Olympic medalist stubs
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