Henk Marcel Dost (born 28 September 1969 in

Zierikzee Zierikzee () is a small city in the southwest Netherlands, 50 km southwest of Rotterdam. It is situated in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland. The city hall of Schouwen-Duiveland is located in Zierikzee, its largest city. Zierikz ...

) is a retired

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from the

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, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in

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. There he finished in 18th place in the men's decathlon competition, earning a total number of 8.111 points. The other competitor from the Netherlands, Jack Rosendaal, ended up in 21st place.

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Dutch Olympic Committee
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1969 births Living people Dutch decathletes Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Zierikzee Universiade bronze medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub