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Dirk Werner Nowitzki is a German former professional basketball player who is a special advisor for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Listed at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), he is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time and is considered by many to be the greatest European player of all time. In 2021, he was selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. In 2023, it was announced that Nowitzki would be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Belgium competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 101 competitors, 75 men and 26 women, took part in 80 events in 16 sports.
West Germany competed at the Olympic Games for the last time as an independent nation at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics. 347 competitors, 244 men and 103 women, took part in 194 events in 24 sports.
The Germany men's national basketball team represents Germany in international basketball competition. The team is directed by the German Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Germany. Currently, Germany is ranked 11th in the FIBA World Ranking.
Dirk Richter is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer Olympics. He did so in 1988 with the East German team, alongside Thomas Flemming, Lars Hinneburg, and Steffen Zesner.
Lars Hinneburg is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay, together with Steffen Zesner, Thomas Flemming, and Dirk Richter.
Athletes from West Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that East Germany and West Germany sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games. 275 competitors, 232 men and 43 women, took part in 154 events in 17 sports for West Germany. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Munich, the West German flag was raised at the closing ceremony.
Dirk Nicolaas Lotsij, sometimes spelled as Dirk Lotsy, was a Dutch amateur footballer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was included in the Netherlands national football team, which won the bronze medal.
Dirk Peter Nannes is an Australian-Dutch cricket commentator and former cricketer who has played internationally for both Australia and the Netherlands, one of the few players to represent multiple international teams.
Dirk Gijsbertus van 't Klooster is a Dutch baseball player.
Dirk Van Tichelt is a Belgian judoka.
Dirk Schreyer is a competition rower and Olympic champion for West Germany.
Dirk Hafemeister was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the West German team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Dirk Korthals is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Dirk Theismann is a German former water polo player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Dirk Schrade is a German equestrian. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Individual eventing and team eventing, where Germany won the gold medal.
Dirk de Ridder is a sailor born in Oudewater, Netherlands, who represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. With Roy Heiner as helmsman and Peter van Niekerk as fellow crew member, De Ridder took the 4th place in the Soling.
Dirk Peter Balster is a German rower. He finished 4th in the coxless four at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Dirk Uittenbogaard is a Dutch representative rower. He is a European champion, an Olympic gold and bronze medallist and is the reigning world champion in the men's quad scull won at the 2019 World Rowing Championships. He won a bronze medal in the eight at the 2015 World Rowing Championships and competed in the men's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, winning a bronze medal. In the Dutch men's quad scull at Tokyo 2020 he won an Olympic gold medal and set a new world's best time for that event.
S.E.F.B. was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1987 to 1991.
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