Geert Cirkel

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Geert Cirkel (born 20 October 1978 in Dordrecht) is a rower from the Netherlands. [1] He competed at two Olympic Games. [2]

Cirkel started rowing in 1994. He mainly rows in the fours and occasionally participates in the quadruple sculls. [1] In the quadruple sculls he won a silver medal at the 2001 World Championships in Luzern. In 2003 he quit rowing competitively, but after a two-year stop he returned to the sport in 2005, starting in the fours. [1] In the Luzern World Cup he and his team mates finished in second position and they got the same result and a silver medal at the World Championships in Gifu. [1] In 2006 he got a second place in Luzern and a third place in Munich during World Cups as well as a bronze medal at the World Championships in Eton. [1]

After two silver medals at the Linz and Amsterdam World Cups in 2007 he added a gold in Luzern. At the World Championships that year in Munich he won another bronze medal. [1] With a World Cup win in Poznań and a second place in Luzern in 2008, Cirkel, alongside Jan-Willem Gabriëls, Matthijs Vellenga and Gijs Vermeulen qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the fours. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Athlete biography: Geert Cirkel Archived 3 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine , beijing2008.cn, ret: 6 August 2008
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Geert Cirkel Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2018.


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