Marleen Kuppens (born 30 April 1959, in
Neerpelt
Neerpelt (, literally ''Lower Pelt'') is a town in Pelt and a former municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. In 2018, the municipality had a total population of 17,174. The total area is 42.78 km².
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) is a
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sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in three
Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of ninth in the
K-2 500 m event at
Los Angeles
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in
1984
Events
January
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.
References
Sports-reference.com profile
1959 births
Belgian female canoeists
Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Belgium
People from Neerpelt
Sportspeople from Limburg (Belgium)
20th-century Belgian women
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