Andreas Georg Gjersøe (sometimes shown as Andreas Gjersø, born 6 August 1976 in

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) is a

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who competed from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s. He finished fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at the

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and won a bronze medal in the K-4 200 m event at the

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. He is 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) tall and weighs 80 kg (176 lb).

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