THE SPORT OF ROWING
Larry Klecatsky
Larry Klecatsky 5‟9” 175 cm 145 lb. 66kg Multiple U.S. and Canadian Lightweight Singles Champion +5°, +30° to -40°, 0-9, 0-10, 0-10 Kernschlag Classical Technique, hybrid-concurrent, strong send. There was a force discontinuity between the strong initial thrust of the legs and the strong back swing to the release.
With my three-inch and twenty-pound advantage over Larry, he thought I could beat him and therefore beat most of the U.S. scullers of the time.”5657 Dr. Larry Klecatsky, an emergency room physician, member of the New York Athletic Club and many-times National Lightweight Singles Champion, was a teammate and frequent double partner of Jim Dietz. The two rowed very much the same, with a 70+° back arc. Larry began his rowing at South St. Paul High School in Minnesota in a double with his brother, Tom. He began winning the U.S. and Canadian lightweight singles titles in 1968 at the age of 27 after completing
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Larry Klecatsky Near-parabola with a notch
Larry, like me, had no visible muscle and went pretty fast with an ultra long stroke.
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Stone, personal correspondence, 2008