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

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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 ...

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. Lebbnik also competed in two

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, earning his best finish of seventh in the K-2 1000 m event at Moscow in

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References

* * * 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 {{Netherlands-canoe-bio-stub