Anna Maria ("Annemiek") Josephine Derckx (born April 12, 1954, in

Beegden Beegden (; li, Bieëgdje ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Maasgouw, and is located about 6 km west of Roermond. Until 1991, Beegden was a separate municipality. During that year the vi ...

, Limburg) is a Dutch

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who competed in the 1980s. Competing in two

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, she earned two bronze medals (

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: K-1 500 m,

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: K-2 500 m). Derckx also won two medals in the K-2 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver in

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and a bronze in

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References

Dutch Olympic Committee profile
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1954 births Living people Dutch female canoeists Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in canoeing People from Maasgouw Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands) 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub