Cornelis Wijdekop (31 January 1914 – 8 April 2008), known as "Cor" or "Kees", was a Dutch sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He won a bronze medal in the folding K-2 10000 m event with his older brother Piet at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.[1][2][3]
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| Full name | Cornelis Wijdekop | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Cor | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 January 1914 Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 April 2008 (aged 94) Purmerend, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Kayaking | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Folding kayak | ||||||||||||||
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Wijdekop was born in Amsterdam, where he was an instrument maker by profession at Draka Holding. Cor and Piet were members of the canoe club De Plassers. He died in Purmerend.
Personal life
editCor Wijdekop was married to Maartje Wijdekop-Stokkink. Together they had a daughter, Joke (1942), and a son, Kees (1947). Kees Wijdekop was a pitcher for the Dutch national baseball team at the Baseball World Cup in Havana, Cuba, 1973.
References
edit- ^ Kees Wijdekop at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cor Wijdekop". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
Full name: Cornelis Wijdekop
- ^ "Olympiër Kees Wijdekop overleden" [Olympian Kees Wijdekop passed away]. sportgeschiedenis.nl (in Dutch). April 14, 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-02-26. (English translation)
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