Robert ("Rob") Hubert Maria de Wit (born 7 August 1962 in Eindhoven,

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the w ...

) is a retired decathlete from the

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. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988 and is still holding the Dutch national record of 8.447 points in the declathon, achieved in 1988. In 1994 De Wit participated in the

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, as a member of the Dutch bobsledding team, finishing in 24th place in the two-mans discipline.

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Dutch Olympic Committee

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1962 births Living people Dutch decathletes Dutch male bobsledders Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Olympic bobsledders of the Netherlands Sportspeople from Eindhoven World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub