Geert Jan Derksen (born 2 May 1975 in

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) is a Dutch rower. He won silver at the

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event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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. He also competed at the

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* 1975 births Living people People from Montferland Sportspeople from Gelderland Dutch male rowers Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub