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Nationality | Dutch |
Born | December 28, 1957 |
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Country | Netherlands |
Sport | Sitting volleyball Handbiking |
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Johan Reekers (born 28 December 1957, in Enschede) is a Dutch Paralympian who was born without legs. He was on the gold medal-winning Dutch sitting volleyball teams of 1980 and 1984. At the 1992 Summer Paralympics the team won silver. In 2002 he began handbiking. He competed for the Netherlands at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in cycling. This was his eighth Paralympics. [1] [2]
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Martijn Hendrik Zuijdweg is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch 4×200 m freestyle relay team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He did so alongside Johan Kenkhuis, Marcel Wouda and Pieter van den Hoogenband.
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Reekers is a Dutch surname, and may refer to:
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