Jan Wittenberg (born 26 February 1943,

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 who competed in the mid to late 1960s. Competing in two

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, he earned his best finish of seventh in the K-4 1000 m at

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1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

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1943 births Living people Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Dutch male canoeists Olympic canoeists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Deventer {{Netherlands-canoe-bio-stub