Claas Mertens

Born (1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 (age 33)

Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)

Weight71 kg (157 lb)

SportRowing

Claas Mertens

Personal information
Born	(1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 (age 33)
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Germany World Championships 2015 Aiguebelette Lwt eight 2012 Trakai Lwt 4x[1]

Claas Mertens (born 2 January 1992) is a German lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette with the lightweight men's eight.^[1] He also won ten German National Championship titles.^[2] In 2018 Mertens represented Oxford in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race.^[3] He was educated at Shrewsbury School then Harvard University, University of St. Gallen and Christ Church, Oxford.^[4][5] He is an academic researcher in the field of international political economy.^[6][7][8]