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Dirk Boest Gips was a Dutch sport shooter who competed in the early 20th century in pistol shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won a bronze medal with the Dutch pistol team, scoring the most points for his team.
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, a German segment was performed at the closing ceremony.
Dirk Nicolaas Lotsij was a Dutch amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.
Dirk Janssen was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
John Meyers was an American freestyle swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. In the 1904 Olympics he won a bronze medal as a member of the Missouri Athletic Club water polo team. He also competed in one-mile freestyle, but did not finish the competition.
Walter Meyer was a German rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Dirk Van Tichelt is a Belgian judoka.
Ernest Victor Meyer was a French show jumping champion. Meyer participated at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, where he earned a silver medal in team jumping with the French team.
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Dirk Scalongne was a Dutch fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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Cornelia Hanisch is a retired German fencer. She won a gold medal in the team foil and a silver in the individual foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Between 1977 and 1985, she won ten medals in the foil at world championships, including four gold medals.
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.
Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held in three categories: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. All gymnastics events were staged at the Arena Olímpica do Rio from 6 to 21 August 2016.
Dirk Knappheide is a German modern pentathlete. He competed for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics and for Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Dirk Peter Balster is a German rower. He finished 4th in the coxless four at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Dirk Copeland is an American former cyclist. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Roy Meyer is a Dutch judoka.
Samantha Dirks is a Belizean sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Dirks also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 400 metres, where she placed 7th in her heat and did not advance to the semifinals. Her time, 54.16 seconds, was a season best for her, but she said afterward that she had been hoping for a better time. She was one of two flag bearers for Belize in the opening ceremony.
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- ↑ "Dirk Meyer". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
