Joachim Hermanus Jacobus Verberne (born 19 January 1978 in

Alkmaar Alkmaar () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland. Alkmaar is well known fo ...

North Holland North Holland (, ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht (province), Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevola ...

) is a former

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

from the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. He won a silver medal in the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

in the Men's Quadruple Sculls.

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* * * 1978 births Living people Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Alkmaar Rowers from North Holland Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch sportsmen 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub