Wim van der Voort

Wim van der Voort
Personal information
Nationality Dutch
Born (1923-03-24)24 March 1923
's-Gravenzande, Netherlands
Died 23 October 2016(2016-10-23) (aged 93)
Delft, Netherlands
Sport
Country Netherlands
Sport Speed skating

Willem "Wim" van der Voort (24 March 1923 – 23 October 2016) was a Dutch speed skater.[1] At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Van der Voort was the silver medalist in the men's 1500 meters, finishing 0.2 seconds behind Hjalmar Andersen of Norway.[2] He received a bronze medal at the 1953 World Allround Championships, and silver medals at the 1951 and 1953 European Championships.

References

  1. "Olympisch medaillewinnaar Wim van der Voort overleden" (in Dutch). De Gelderlander. October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  2. "1952 Winter Olympics Oslo, Norway Speed Skating" (Retrieved on February 27, 2008)
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Jan Langedijk
Flagbearer for  Netherlands
Oslo 1952
Succeeded by
Kees Broekman


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