Jozeph Johannes Gerardus Marinus "Jos" Lansink (born 19 March 1961 in Weerselo) is an

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from the

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, currently representing

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, who competes in the sport of

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.Jos Lansink
Sports Reference, accessed September 16, 2010 Lansink has competed in six Olympic games, four for the Netherlands and two for Belgium. He first rode in the

1988 Seoul Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were repres ...

, tying for 7th individually and taking 5th with his team. In 1992 at the

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he did not place individually, but the Dutch team won the gold. At the

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he tied for 11th individually and the Dutch team took 7th. In 2000 in

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he tied for 20th place while riding for the Netherlands for the last time, and his team took 7th. In 2004 he began riding for Belgium at the

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. He did not place in the individual competition, but the Belgian team took home 6th. At the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

he tied for 10th individually, and did not ride in the team competition. He took part in both the individual and team jumping events at the 2012 Olympics. Lansink began riding at the age of three. He began to rise to international prominence in 1988 on Felix, winning a few

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competitions before taking part in the 1988 Olympic Games. In 1994 he won the World Cup Final on Libero, and on Caridor he took home a team bronze medal at the 2002 World Championships, finishing 6th individually. In 2004 he began his own stable. In 2006, riding the

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Cumano, he took home the

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. In 2009 he was the runner up for the Global Champions Tour Final. He currently competes in the Global Champions Tour for Belgium.GCT Riders: Jos Lansink
, Global Champions Tour, accessed September 16, 2010

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lansink, Jos 1961 births Living people People from Weerselo Belgian show jumping riders Dutch show jumping riders Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for the Netherlands Dutch male equestrians Olympic equestrians for Belgium Belgian male equestrians Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Overijssel 20th-century Dutch sportsmen 20th-century Belgian sportsmen

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