What is Eric Verdonk?
[[File:Eric Verdonk 2009.jpg|thumb|200px|Verdonk in 2009]] '''Eric Franciscus Maria Verdonk''' (28 May 1959 – 3 April 2020) was a [[New Zealand]] [[Rowing|rower]]. He won a bronze medal at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in the single sculls. He also competed at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]]. At the [[1986 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Edinburgh]], he won a bronze medal. He was born in [[Taihape]], [[Manawatū-Whanganui]]. Verdonk died of cancer on 3 April 2020 in [[Auckland]]. He was 60.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/120802949/rowing-olympic-medallist-eric-verdonk-dies-following-cancer-battle|work=Stuff.co.nz|date=3 April 2020|access-date=3 April 2020|title=Rowing Olympic medallist Eric Verdonk dies following cancer battle}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/eric-verdonk-1.html Eric Verdonk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216034013/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/eric-verdonk-1.html |date=2012-12-16 }} at Sports-Reference.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Verdonk, Eric}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New Zealand]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand]] [[Category:Rowers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from North Island]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}