Jetze Doorman Explained

Jetze Doorman
Birth Date:2 July 1881
Birth Place:Balk, Netherlands
Death Place:Breda, Netherlands
Sport:Fencing, modern pentathlon
Show-Medals:yes

Jetze Doorman (2 July 1881  - 28 February 1931) was a Dutch fencer.[1] He won four Olympic bronze medals.[2] [3] He also competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[4]

Doorman won the European Champion in Paris in 1907. This victory caused that the Netherlands had to organize the championships the next year and due to that the Dutch national fencing association, now called "Koninklijke Nederlandse Algemene Schermbond" (KNAS) was established.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jetze Doorman . Olympedia . 25 March 2021.
  2. Web site: Olympics Statistics: Jetze Doorman . 27 March 2010 . databaseolympics.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121016203823/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DOORMJET01 . 16 October 2012 .
  3. Web site: Jetze Doorman Olympic Results . 27 March 2010 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110919121039/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/jetze-doorman-1.html . 19 September 2011 .
  4. Web site: Gevonden in Delpher - Algemeen Handelsblad.
  5. Web site: Gevonden in Delpher - Algemeen Handelsblad.