Gert Jan Lebbink (born November 21, 1961 in
Deventer
Deventer (; Sallands: ) is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. In 2020, Deventer had a population of 100,913. The city is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, bu ...
) is a Dutch
sprint canoer
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who competed in the early to mid-1980s. He won a silver in the K-2 10000 m event at the
1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia for the record fourth time. The Yugoslavian (now Serbian) city had host the championships previously in 1971, 1975, and 1978.
The men's competition consisted of six Ca ...
in
Belgrade
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.
Lebbnik also competed in two
Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...
, earning his best finish of seventh in the
K-2 1000 m event at
Moscow in
1980
Events January
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References
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1961 births
Living people
Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Dutch male canoeists
Olympic canoeists of the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Deventer
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
20th-century Dutch people
21st-century Dutch people
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