Robert ("Rob") Hubert Maria de Wit (born 7 August 1962 in

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) is a retired decathlete from the

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. He competed in two consecutive

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for his native country, starting in 1988 and is still holding the Dutch national record of 8.447 points in the declathon, achieved in 1988. In 1994 De Wit participated in the

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in Lillehammer, Norway, as a member of the Dutch

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team, finishing in 24th place in the two-mans discipline.

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Dutch Olympic Committee

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1962 births Living people Dutch decathletes Dutch male bobsledders Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Olympic bobsledders for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Eindhoven Athletes from North Brabant World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub