Ronald Vervoort

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Ronald Vervoort
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Ronald Vervoort in 1974
Personal information
Born (1952-12-26) 26 December 1952 (age 71)
Leiden, the Netherlands
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubNautilus, Rotterdam

Ronald Vervoort (born 26 December 1952) is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the quadruple sculls and finished in eighth place, together with Victor Scheffers, Rob Robbers and his younger brother Jeroen Vervoort. He also placed fourth, fifth, and sixth in the 1975, 1977, and 1979 World Rowing Championship respectively. [1] [2] [3]

Vervoort retired from competitions shortly after the Games and worked first as a rowing coach and then as a sports physician at his own medical center. [4]

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References

  1. "Ronald VERVOORT - worldrowing.com". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. Ronald Vervoort. sports-reference.com
  3. Ronald Vervoort at World Rowing
  4. Johanna Gröne (20 July 2012) Ronald Vervoort profile Archived 27 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine , medischcontact.artsennet.nl; accessed 25 October 2014.