Simon Korver

Simon Korver

Personal information
Full name	Simon Willem Korver
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1940-06-11) 11 June 1940 Amsterdam
Height	1.83 m (6.0 ft)
Sailing career
Class(es)	Flying Dutchman
Club	Watersport Vereniging De Koenen
Coach	Jacques Stap 1968 & 1972
Medal record Sailing Representing  Netherlands European Championship 1972 Medemblik Flying Dutchman
Updated on 28 December 2013.

Simon Willem Korver (born 11 June 1940 in Amsterdam) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Kiel, Germany. With helmsmen Fred Imhoff Korver took the 10th place in the Flying Dutchman. After the Munich massacre during the 1972 Summer Olympics Korver was in doubt if and how to continue. Jacques Stap the course area coach finally made him to continue to finish the series.

Korver was the substitute for the Flying Dutchman during the 1968 Olympics.

Sources

• "Simon Korver Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-01-09. 
• "De Nederlandse afvaardiging" (in Dutch). Limburgsch dagblad. 1968-10-11. Retrieved 2014-01-28. 
• "OS-zeilers" (in Dutch). Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad. 1972-06-22. Retrieved 2014-01-28. 
• "GOED WERK VAN ZEILERS IN KIEL" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland. 1972-08-31. Retrieved 2014-01-21. 
• "Topzeilers vallen tegen" (in Dutch). De tijd : dagblad voor Nederland. 1972-09-13. Retrieved 2014-01-21. 
• "zeilen paul knoop IDEALEN" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 1972-09-07. Retrieved 2014-01-28. 
• "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. 1974. Retrieved 2014-01-28. 
• "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 2 The constructions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. 1974. Retrieved 2014-01-28. 
• "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3 The competitions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. 1974. Retrieved 2014-01-28. 

<1964 1968 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1972>
Finn	Helmsman: Boudewijn Binkhorst
Flying Dutchman	Helmsman: Ben Verhagen Crew: Nick de Jong
Star	No Dutch Representation
Dragon	Helmsman: Cor Groot Crew: Jan Bol Pieter de Zwart
5.5 Metre	No Dutch Representation
Substitutes	Finn: Frits Beck Flying Dutchman: Simon Korver Dragon: Fred Imhoff
Officials	Chef d' équipe: Sjoerd Rodenhuis Flying Dutchman coach: Jacques Stap
Team size	Female: 0 Male: 9 Officials: 2 Total: 11
Medals	01 !: 0 02 !: 0 03 !: 0 Total: 0
Sources	"De Nederlandse afvaardiging" (in Dutch). Limburgsch dagblad. 1968-10-11. Retrieved 2014-01-21.

<1968 1972 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1976>
Finn	Helmsman: Kees Douze
Flying Dutchman	Helmsman: Fred Imhoff Crew: Simon Korver
Tempest	Helmsman: Ben Staartjes Crew: Cees Kurpershoek
Star	No Dutch Representation
Soling	No Dutch Representation
Dragon	No Dutch Representation
Substitutes	Finn: Kees Kruyer
Officials	Chef d'équipe: Tom Kasemier Coach: Jack van Hellemond Rules specialist: Klaas Schat Course area coach: Jacques Stap
Team size	Female: 0 Male: 6 Officials: 4 Total: 10
Medals	01 !: 0 02 !: 0 03 !: 0 Total: 0
Reference	"OS-zeilers" (in Dutch). Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad. 1972-06-22. Retrieved 2014-01-28.  "GOED WERK VAN ZEILERS IN KIEL" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland. 1972-08-31. Retrieved 2014-01-21.  "Topzeilers vallen tegen" (in Dutch). De tijd : dagblad voor Nederland. 1972-09-13. Retrieved 2014-01-21.