Robert de Wit
Appearance
Robert ( "Rob" ) Hubert Maria de Wit(born 7 August 1962 inEindhoven,North Brabant) is a retireddecathletefrom theNetherlands.He competed in two consecutiveSummer Olympicsfor his native country, starting in 1988 and is still holding the Dutch national record of 8.447 points in the declathon, achieved in 1988.
In 1994 De Wit participated in the1994 Winter OlympicsinLillehammer, Norway,as a member of the Dutchbobsleddingteam, finishing in 24th place in the two-mans discipline.
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 12th | Decathlon |
1986 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis,Austria | 6th | Decathlon |
European Championships | Stuttgart,West Germany | 9th | Decathlon | |
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | DNF | Decathlon |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul,South Korea | 8th | Decathlon |
1990 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis,Austria | 14th | Decathlon |
1992 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis,Austria | 6th | Decathlon |
Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 10th | Decathlon |
References
[edit]- (in Dutch)Dutch Olympic Committee
- Profile
Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Dutch decathletes
- Dutch male bobsledders
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Olympic athletes for the Netherlands
- Olympic bobsledders for the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Eindhoven
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands
- European bobsleigh biography stubs
- Dutch winter sports biography stubs
- Dutch athletics biography stubs