Eric Swinkels

{{short description|Dutch sport shooter}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|3|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Best, Netherlands

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| sport = Sport shooting

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{{MedalSilver| 1976 Montreal | Skeet Shooting}}

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Eric Swinkels (born 30 March 1949) is a Dutch sport shooter and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in skeet shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=19&sp=SHO "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Shooting"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830163508/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=19&sp=SHO |date=30 August 2007 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 9, 2008) He competed in six different Olympic competitions, beginning in 1972 and ending in 1996.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010401/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/eric-swinkels-1.html Sports-reference.com]