Eric Verdonk
Olympic athlete
1959 –
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Who is Eric Verdonk?
Eric Verdonk is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul in the single sculls. Verdonk almost repeated his bronze medal effort at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona finishing a very close fourth. At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh Verdonk also gained a bronze medal in a race won by rowing legend Stephen Redgrave. His best effort at a World Rowing Championships was third.
Verdonk began rowing at Westlake Boys High School, the same school as fellow Olympic Bronze medallist Barrie Mabbott.
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- Born
- May 28, 1959
Taihape - Also known as
- Eric Franciscus Verdonk
- Education
- Westlake Boys High School
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on July 23, 2013
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