Kees Wijdekop
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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]
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
Cor 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
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External links
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- 1914 births
- 2008 deaths
- Dutch male canoeists
- Olympic canoeists for the Netherlands
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Canoeists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists from Amsterdam
- 21st-century Dutch people
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen