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Eric Verdonk

1959 - 2020

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Eric Franciscus Maria Verdonk (28 May 1959 – 3 April 2020) was a New Zealand rower who won bronze medals in the single sculls events at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1986 Commonwealth Games, and 1990 World Rowing Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Verdonk is the 1,683rd most popular athlete (up from 3,726th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 194th in 2019) and the 10th most popular New Zealander Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Eric Verdonk ranks 1,683 out of 6,025Before him are Betty McKinnon, Georg Naue, Arvo Viitanen, Ali Mirzaei, Harold Whitlock, and Nathaniel Cartmell. After him are Edward Archibald, Nina Dumbadze, Maria Golubnichaya, Gavino Matta, Dieter Grahn, and Max Emmerich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Eric Verdonk ranks 385Before him are Joe Elliott, Abdelhak Achik, Holger Hieronymus, Richard Baawobr, Charles Scicluna, and Rahm Emanuel. After him are Beth Broderick, Heather Oakes, Mats Näslund, Rick Carlisle, David Frankel, and Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani. Among people deceased in 2020, Eric Verdonk ranks 619Before him are Hasan Muratović, Louis Meznarie, Tommy Docherty, Sapardi Djoko Damono, Marge Champion, and Ali Mirzaei. After him are Pete Rademacher, Miguel Jones, Gregory Areshian, Seydou Diarra, Adam Musiał, and Christian Poncelet.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Eric Verdonk ranks 88 out of 303Before him are Andrew Adamson (1966), Peter O'Leary (1972), John Nicholson (1941), David Lange (1942), Dudley Storey (1939), and Hugh Anderson (1936). After him are Murray Halberg (1933), Margaret Mahy (1936), Jack Lovelock (1910), Ross Collinge (1944), Neil Finn (1958), and Jemaine Clement (1974).

Among ATHLETES In New Zealand

Among athletes born in New Zealand, Eric Verdonk ranks 10Before him are Warren Cole (1940), Yvette Williams (1929), Joe Earl (1952), Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Field hockey (null), Dudley Storey (1939), and Hugh Anderson (1936). After him are Murray Halberg (1933), Jack Lovelock (1910), Ross Collinge (1944), John Hunter (1943), Neroli Fairhall (1944), and Tony Hurt (1946).