Edwin Teixeira de Mattos explained

Edwin Teixeira de Mattos
Nationality:Dutch
Sport:Bobsleigh
Birth Date:28 January 1898
Birth Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Death Place:The Hague, Netherlands

Edwin Teixeira de Mattos (28 January 1898  - 15 January 1976) was a Dutch bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1928 Winter Olympics.[1] At the last moment he was selected for the team, after Albert Levy Themans had to withdraw due to heavy strikes at his factory.[2] He was the flagbearer, and so the first Dutch flagbearer at the Olympic Winter Games.

Teixeira de Mattos was a jonkheer, coming from a noble family with Portuguese-Jewish roots.[3] He was employed by the Netherlands Government Information Service.

Notes and References

  1. Edwin Teixeira de Mattos Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010406/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/edwin-jonkheer-teixeira-de-mattos-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 6 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Twaalf manieren om de Olympische Winterspelen te missen. 7 March 2014.
  3. Web site: Olympedia – Edwin, Jonkheer Teixeira de Mattos. www.olympedia.org.