Dirk Reinier Lippits (born 2 May 1977) is a Dutch
rower
Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...
, born in
Geldrop
Geldrop is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is in the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo, around 5 km east of Eindhoven city centre.
Geldrop was a separate municipality until 2004, when it merged with Mierlo.
Geldrop is noted ...
,
North Brabant
North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to th ...
. He won a silver medal in the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
in the Men's Quadruple Sculls.
In 2004, Lippits took part in the
men's single sculls, finishing fourth in the C Final.
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1977 births
Living people
Dutch male rowers
Olympic medalists in rowing
Olympic rowers for the Netherlands
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
People from Geldrop
Sportspeople from North Brabant
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
20th-century Dutch people
21st-century Dutch people
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