Geert Cirkel is a rower from the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

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Cirkel started rowing in 1994. He mainly rows in the fours

Fours

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 and occasionally participates in the quadruple sculls. In the quadruple sculls he won a silver medal at the 2001 World Championships in Luzern. In 2003 he quit rowing competitively, but after a two year stop he returned to the sport in 2005, starting in the fours. In the Luzern World Cup he and his team mates finished in second position and they got the same result and a silver medal at the World Championships in Gifu

Gifu, Gifu

is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku period, various warlords, including Oda Nobunaga, used...

. In 2006 he got a second place in Luzern and a third place in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 during World Cups as well as a bronze medal at the World Championships in Eton

Eton, Berkshire

Eton is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, lying on the opposite bank of the River Thames to Windsor and connected to it by Windsor Bridge. The parish also includes the large village of Eton Wick, 2 miles west of the town, and has a population of 4,980. Eton was in Buckinghamshire until...

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After two silver medals at the Linz

Linz

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 and Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

 World Cups in 2007 he added a gold in Luzern. At the World Championships that year in Munich he won another bronze medal. With a World Cup win in Poznan

Poznan

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 and a second place in Luzern in 2008, Cirkel, alongside Jan-Willem Gabriëls

Jan-Willem Gabriëls

Jan-Willem Gabriëls is a rower from the Netherlands.Gabriëls started rowing in 1997. He started rowing in the eights, but after the 2004 Summer Olympics he switched to the fours...

, Matthijs Vellenga

Matthijs Vellenga

Matthijs Vellenga is a rower from the Netherlands.His career highlight so far was in Athens at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he won the silver medal in the eights together with Michiel Bartman, Geert-Jan Derksen, Gerritjan Eggenkamp, Daniël Mensch, Diederik Simon, Jan-Willem Gabriëls, Gijs...

 and Gijs Vermeulen

Gijs Vermeulen

Gijs Vermeulen is a rower from the Netherlands.His career highlight so far was in Athens at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he won the silver medal in the eights together with Michiel Bartman, Geert-Jan Derksen, Gerritjan Eggenkamp, Daniël Mensch, Diederik Simon, Matthijs Vellenga, Jan-Willem...

 qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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in the fours.