Alexandra Louise Verbeek (born 4 June 1973, in

Amstelveen Amstelveen () is a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands, with a population of 95,996 as of 202 ...

) is a

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from the

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, who represented her country at the

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. Verbeek took the 13th place as crew in the Women's 470 together with helmsman Carolijn Brouwer.

Professional career

* Event manager: ''Kumpany (2001–2005)'' * Pusher: ''XpeditionGold (2001–2008)'' * Manager Marketing en Sponsoring: ''Topsport Amsterdam (2005–2008)'' * General Manager: ''Sporttop (2008–2009)'' * Owner:''AlexAction (2009 – Present)''

References

Living people 1973 births Sportspeople from Amstelveen Sailors (sport) from North Holland Dutch female sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470 Olympic sailors for the Netherlands 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub

Professional career

Further reading

2000 Olympics (Sydney)

References