Geert Jan Derksen (born 2 May 1975 in

Didam Didam (locally, Diem) is a town in the Netherlands in the eastern part of Netherlands in the region of "De Achterhoek", province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Montferland about 18 km east of Arnhem, which is the capital ...

) is a Dutch rower. He won silver at the men's eight event at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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. He also competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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* 1975 births Living people People from Montferland Sportspeople from Gelderland Dutch male rowers Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub