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Eric Albert Jespersen (born October 18, 1961, in Port Alberni, British Columbia) is a Canadian sailor.
He won a bronze medal with Ross MacDonald in the men's Star event at the 1992 Summer Olympics and finished 14th at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the same event.
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